Comments on: Derren Brown Stuff for sale

By: Juno Watt

Juno Watt — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:48:35 +0000

Ok, so Derren Brown is a pretty amazing chap. But all this obsessing over his books is ridiculous. Not making re-issues of a book that seems in such demand is very strange. Maybe it’s to give a sense of exclusivity, which in my opinion makes so many of us messed up in the head.

All the information is out there in books that have been around for years (which I’m sure Derren has read many of).

By: Lady Claire

Lady Claire — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:05:54 +0000

For anyone wondering, Pure Effect & Absolute Magic are usually quite freely available on Ebay, admittedly for differing prices (some, even for an OOP book are bordering on daylight robbery). I think anything around the £100 mark for either is reasonable.
I have recently just been lucky enough to snap up a 1st edition of Absolute Magic for £110! Now they don’t come up quite so often…..(I do already have the 2nd edition which I am in the midst of reading & enjoying very much. Esp loved reading Derren describing his ‘cha-cha’ days….very funny!!)

LC x

By: Cathy

Cathy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:13:53 +0000

cool, a stuff page

By: Deepa

Deepa — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:01:36 +0000

Hi
I wonder if Derren would ever consider re-publishing pure effect and absolute magic again. Even it if it for a limited period and limited copies. Because I would love to buy them. It is pity they are not still avaliable…am a really big fan. Unfortunately only recently moved to england from america and just ‘discovered’ Mr Brown!!!!

By: graeme

graeme — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:36:22 +0000

thanks for this list my book shelf is now full of every derren dvd from the international magic show lecture to devils picture book which is a truely amazin dvd and a must have and every book from programmes from live shows in blackpool to pure effect

By: Dylan Malone

Dylan Malone — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:30:16 +0000

Pure Effect and Absolute Magic are my favorite magician’s texts, but they would probably not interest a normal fan. I paid nearly these prices for them and would gladly do it again at twice the price. The new Portraits book is exquisite too, but works on a very different level. I will not attempt to hide my jealousy that Derren should be so adept in these two disparate fields.

By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:30:31 +0000

for a minute there I thought Derren was having a spring clean of his home and was flogging stuff to sell to make a bit of money on the side. LOL

By: Neon

Neon — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:53:39 +0000

Are the books under recommended reading suggested by Derren himself? I thought the books he recommended in Tricks of the Mind were top quality and would like to look into what else he has to offer.

By: Nopke

Nopke — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:52:21 +0000

For those who did not get to see why they could not ask for it here, instead of needing to run of the nearest bookstore/dvd shop or .. ofcourse .. amazon.

Commerce should be here ofcourse, as … money drives so many people.

By: Random Reader

Random Reader — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:10:45 +0000

Pure effect is about £80 on ebay. I’ve only just bought my copy. I was laughing out loud at the sheer bravado of some of the techniques.