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The Blurb
“451 uses one of the most deceptive methods I’ve ever seen built into a book with multiple other mind-blowing principles!”
– Bedros Spidey Akkelian
“Josh has built the ultimate dream for any working professional or amateur looking to devastate people with one simple, yet very powerful innocent looking paperback novel.”
– Andrew Gerard
“451 certainly breaks new ground. Highly recommended.”
– Brett Barry
“451 is a fantastic book test that gives many possibilities of presentation. Bravo josh, this is another winner!”
– Luca Volpe
“It’s super smart with so many great features, and it’s really well thought through. Really good job!”
– Marc Kerstein
“Josh has built this book test from the ground up to be one of the most fair and fooling book tests on the market. This is amazing!”
– Chris Edwards
“There are several ingenious new concepts built in that are so, so, clever. I don’t know how a book test could be more fooling and more loaded with presentational possibilities. Ted K. would have loved it!”
– Will Fern
Any Word on Any Page
Your spectator opens to any page and chooses any word. She reads the sentence her word is in, to herself. You instantly know the word. That’s it.
No questions asked
No guessing or misses
The spectator says nothing
You don’t need to know the first letter
Strategically Intertwined with These Amazing Effects:
Super Flashback
Instantly know the first word on any page without ever seeing the word! Nothing to memorize, no guessing or misses.
Tossed Out Book
The classic Tossed Out Deck, but with a book. Toss out 451 into your audience and instantly reveal the freely chosen words from five spectators!
Reverse Book Test
A spectator stops you on ANY page in ANY book and you will know a word on the same page in 451!
Pegasus Page
A built-in version of the classic Pegasus Page that happens in your spectator’s hands from beginning to end!
Jheff's Guide
WHAT IT IS:
Specially made pocketbook size version of Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451
HOW ACCURATE OR COMPLETE THE AD COPY IS:
The ad copy doesn’t specifically mention that the book title is Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, but the image of it certainly shows it. It also doesn’t mention that this a pocket-sized paperback.
SET-UP AND RE-SET:
If you wish to perform the Pegasus Page feature, there is a one-time preparation.
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED THAT YOU NEED OR NEED TO KNOW:
In discussing book tests with Josh, I mentioned a particular method that I wanted to see in book tests. When I got 451, I realized that you could use this method, although a bit differently than I had envisioned. I call it “Mental Hangman.”
Here’s a description: “A participant thinks of any word and then draws the appropriate number of lines necessary to play the classic game of Hangman. Immediately, and without any extra procedures or questions, the performer can state all the letters of the word, without missing once, to reveal the word and dramatically win the game.”
The game of Hangman not only provides a justification to do a little bit of “fishing,” but in this case you will NEVER get a “No” answer. I’ve written this up. And those who purchase this from me or from Josh will get access to this exclusive method.
SUITABLE VENUES:
Close-up, Parlor, Stage, Walkaround, Internet
JHEFF’S JUDGMENT:
Josh has put out dozens of book tests over the past few years, but this one, 451, without question, is the first to legitimately rival Ted Karmilovich’s THE MOTHER OF ALL BOOK TESTS for the title of best book test available. That’s due to its being more versatile and its fairly new method (it was used in one of his previous book tests) that allows you to know the chosen word without having the participant give you any information about the word.