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 ====== Confabulation ======
-The starting point of the multiple-prediction effect best known as "Confabulation" (named after a version of it by Alan Shaxon) is Stewart James's “The Perfect Prediction” in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38571/The+Sphinx/20|The Sphinx]]//, Vol. 28 No. 4, June 1929, p. 140, which includes a loading of the prediction into a wallet.
+The starting point of the multiple-prediction effect best known as "Confabulation" (named after a version of it by Alan Shaxon) would seem to be "Mental Projection Extraordinary" in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/23257/The+Life+and+Mysteries+of+the+Celebrated+Dr+Q/95|The Life and Mysteries of the Celebrated Dr. Q]]// by Alexander (stage name of Claude Conlin), 1921, p. 93. Two methods are given. The first involves a carbon impression inside an envelope; the second uses pocket writing.
-James returned to the idea in an article, "Two Fearless Feats" (the first trick of which was later retitled “The Ball of Fortune”), in the June 1940 issue of //[[http://askalexander.org/display/15792/Jinx+No+098|The Jinx]]//, No. 98, June 1940, p. 601, wherein the prediction was found inside a ball of wool.
+Stewart James made a significant advance in method with his “Perfect Prediction” in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38571/The+Sphinx/20|The Sphinx]]//, Vol. 28 No. 4, June 1929, p. 140, which utilized double writing and loading of the prediction into a sealed envelope or nest of envelopes, using the load tube from the old "Ball of Wool" trick.
-George Grimmond came up with “Triple Forecast” c. 1947. It was released in early 1951 by Harry Stanley’s Unique Magic Studio (see //[[http://askalexander.org/display/3010/Gen+Vol+06/345|The Gen]]//, Vol. 11 No. 6, Mar. 1951, p. 345). In Grimmond's trick, the prediction is found inside two nested envelopes that were hanging from a stand at the outset.
+Shortly after this James item appeared, Theodore Annemann published "A Prophecy of the Koran" in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/14400/The+Book+Without+a+Name/58|The Book without a Name]]//, 1931, p. 58. His approach involves a switch of the card sealed inside an envelope.
-In 1948, Al Koran reinvented the use of a wallet as the container for his triple prediction, contributed to //[[http://askalexander.org/display/5320/Pentagram+Vol+03/3|Pentagram]]//, Vol. 3 No. 1, Oct. 1948, p. 1, under the title of "A Letter from Al Koran". For his performances, by 1950 he had developed a "Dream Holiday" presentation for the trick. By 1956 he was using a 'Dream Car" presentation.
+James returned to the trick, essentially repeating his method from //The Sphinx//, in an article, "Two Fearless Feats" (the first trick of which was later retitled “The Ball of Fortune”), in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/15792/Jinx+No+098|The Jinx]]//, No. 98, June 1940, p. 601. His method is the same, but the prediction is loaded into a ball of wool instead of an envelope, returning the loading tube to its original home.
-Specifically inspired by Grimmond's "Triple Forecast", Alan Shaxon developed “Confabulation” in the 1960s, and later marketed it through Ken Brooke in late 1969.
+Though he cites no precedents, William S. Houghton embellished on Annemann's structure and applied some of James's thinking in "'Prediction Supreme' Routine," in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38727/The+Magic+36/23|The Magic 36]]//, 1943, p. 21. Double writing is added to Annemann's card-in-envelope switch.
+George Grimmond came up with “Triple Forecast” c. 1947. It was released in early 1951 by Harry Stanley’s Unique Magic Studio (see //[[http://askalexander.org/display/3010/Gen+Vol+06/345|The Gen]]//, Vol. 11 No. 6, Mar. 1951, p. 345). In Grimmond's trick, the prediction is found inside two nested envelopes that hang from a stand at the outset.
+In 1948, Al Koran changed the container for his triple prediction to a wallet and contributed his routine to //[[http://askalexander.org/display/5320/Pentagram+Vol+03/3|Pentagram]]//, Vol. 3 No. 1, Oct. 1948, p. 1, where it appeared under the title of "A Letter from Al Koran". By 1950 he had developed a "Dream Holiday" presentation for his performances of the trick. And by 1956 he was using a 'Dream Car" presentation.
+Specifically inspired by Grimmond's "Triple Forecast", Alan Shaxon developed “Confabulation” in the 1960s, and later marketed it through Ken Brooke in 1970.
 (This history courtesy of Max Maven.)
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