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 A simple handling of this force using just a packet of ten to twelve cards, is described within "Touché" from R. P.'s //Ein Spiel Karten//, 1853, p. 57 of the Pieper translation, and is perhaps the first instance of the technique in print. Another early description in English of this under-the-spread force appears in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/17903/The+Magician+s+Own+Book+or+The+Whole+Art+of+Conjuring/74|The Magicians' Own Book]]//, 1857, p. 63 (also published as //The Boy's Own Conjuring Book//, 1859). The description is poor, but this seems the most likely interpretation. The technique gained steam in the 20th century, being popularized by Burling Hull in his //Bulletin of Latest Sleights and Tricks//, 1914, p. 12; //[[http://askalexander.org/display/13609/Tarbell+system+incorporated/653|The Tarbell System]]//, Lesson 36, 1926, p. 4; Theodore Annemann's //101 Methods of Forcing//, 1932, p. 3; Frank Butler in J. G. Thompson's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/24968/Top+Secrets+of+Magic+Volume+1/30|Top Secrets of Magic]]//, 1956, p. 28; Dai Vernon in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/17405/Dai+Vernon+s+More+Inner+Secrets+of+Card+Magic/75-76|Dai Vernon's More Inner Secrets of Card Magic]]//, 1960, p, 73; and Harry Lorayne in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/20030/Close+up+Card+Magic/170-172|Close-up Card Magic]]//, 1962, p. 168. A simple handling of this force using just a packet of ten to twelve cards, is described within "Touché" from R. P.'s //Ein Spiel Karten//, 1853, p. 57 of the Pieper translation, and is perhaps the first instance of the technique in print. Another early description in English of this under-the-spread force appears in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/17903/The+Magician+s+Own+Book+or+The+Whole+Art+of+Conjuring/74|The Magicians' Own Book]]//, 1857, p. 63 (also published as //The Boy's Own Conjuring Book//, 1859). The description is poor, but this seems the most likely interpretation. The technique gained steam in the 20th century, being popularized by Burling Hull in his //Bulletin of Latest Sleights and Tricks//, 1914, p. 12; //[[http://askalexander.org/display/13609/Tarbell+system+incorporated/653|The Tarbell System]]//, Lesson 36, 1926, p. 4; Theodore Annemann's //101 Methods of Forcing//, 1932, p. 3; Frank Butler in J. G. Thompson's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/24968/Top+Secrets+of+Magic+Volume+1/30|Top Secrets of Magic]]//, 1956, p. 28; Dai Vernon in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/17405/Dai+Vernon+s+More+Inner+Secrets+of+Card+Magic/75-76|Dai Vernon's More Inner Secrets of Card Magic]]//, 1960, p, 73; and Harry Lorayne in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/20030/Close+up+Card+Magic/170-172|Close-up Card Magic]]//, 1962, p. 168.
  
-Magicians soon began developing the idea of culling or positioning the card to be forced from locations other than the bottom. The first variant was that of using the top card for the force, by taking it into the right hand and then spreading the rest of the deck over it. This technique was published without attribution in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/13456/Magic+World+Vol+02/7|The Magic World]]//, Vol. 2 No. 1, Apr. 1918, p. 7, and would later become known as the "Simple Simon Move" due to its popularity following the publication of Tony Kardyro's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/14630/T+K+s+Simple+Simon+Move+and+Effects/4|T. K.'s Simple Simon Move]]//, 1966, p. 2. Fred Robinson later adapted the force to be performed by culling the fourth card from the top in his Ultimate Force, described in Bob Ostin's marketed "Submarine Card", 1969, and later in Peter Duffie's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/20094/The+Magic+of+Fred+Robinson/127|The Magic of Fred Robinson]]//, 2009, p. 125.+Magicians soon began developing the idea of culling or positioning the card to be forced from locations other than the bottom. The first variant was that of using the top card for the force, by taking it into the right hand and then spreading the rest of the deck over it. This technique was published without attribution in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/13456/Magic+World+Vol+02/7|The Magic World]]//, Vol. 2 No. 1, Apr. 1918, p. 7, and would later become known as the "Simple Simon Move" due to its popularity following the publication of Tony Kardyro's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/14630/T+K+s+Simple+Simon+Move+and+Effects/4|T. K.'s Simple Simon Move]]//, 1966, p. 2. Arthur Punnar later adapted the force to be performed by culling the third card from the top in his Infallible Force from //[[https://askalexander.org/display/38551/The+Sphinx/13|The Sphinx]]//, Vol. 41 No. 8, Oct. 1942, p. 161. Fred Robinson popularized this culling approach --- albeit it from the fourth position, rather than Punnar's preferred third --- with his Ultimate Force, described in Bob Ostin's marketed "Submarine Card", 1969, and later in Peter Duffie's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/20094/The+Magic+of+Fred+Robinson/127|The Magic of Fred Robinson]]//, 2009, p. 125.
  
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