Joshua Jay: DesTROYers, the Superlative Magic of Troy Hooser
Jay, Joshua: DesTROYers, The Superlative Magic of Troy Hooser
©2001 Murphy's Magic Supplies, Inc.
Hardcover, no dj, 167 pages.
ISBN: 1-931482-00-4
Joshua Jay: DesTROYers
Image courtesy eBay seller Slacks!

Comments: Illustrated by Tony Dunn. Note that the 2nd Edition has 22 more pages and a few additions.

Contents (from 2001 edition book ToC):

9 InTROYduction

11 Commentary
11 The Style
13 Troy Touch
15 In the Hands
15 Subliminally Signed
17 A Troy Ploy

19 Coins
21 A Charming Chinese Challenge
26 - Mid Air Link
27 - Throw Penetration
29 ExTROYdinary
34 - Alternative Sequence
36 - End Clean
37 Redirection Coins Across
43 The Flipper Coin
43 - Flipper Coin Properties
44 - The Flip Display
45 - Table Flipper
48 - Squeezed Away
49 - A Touch Of Brass
51 - Hooked On Coins
55 Coin Melange
61 Count-er Point
62 - Count-er Point Substitution
62 - Copper Silver Transmutation
64 - Count-Er Coins Across
67 Coinfusion
68 - Poor Mans Production
70 - Poor Mans Vanish
71 - Coinfusion Interlude
73 - Triple Transformation
75 Three Fly Simplify

79 Cards:
81 Cool As Ace
87 Weight Your Turn
93 Double Decker Plus
97 Zombie Change
101 Slip Stream
101 - Moveless Sandwich
103 - Universal Control
104 - Card to Number
105 Ultimate Illogical Cut
111 Any Cut Card To Box
113 - Reversed Name-a-Number
115 Closed Open Prediction
117 - Open Open Prediction
119 Displ-Ace
121 - One-and-a-Half Pass
123 Pendulum Cut
124 - Pendulum Transfer
125 Winged Card
127 Jokers Squatted
131 Bogus Torn And Restored Card
135 Throw Switch Experimentation
135 - Easy Control
136 - Direct Sandwich
139 Triumph Display

143 Curiosities:
145 Mask In Motion
150 Mask Metamorphosis
151 Nectar Of The Cards
153 A Dexterous Ditch
153 - Ditching a Coin
154 - Ditching a Card
155 - Billet Switch
156 Bogus Torn and Restored Card Cleanup
157 The Locker
159 In The Round

163 Index


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