The Yonomicon: An Enlightened Tome of Yoyo Tricks: Amazon.ca: Mark McBride: Books

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4.0 out of 5 stars Yo yo revolution, Dec 18 2003

By	William C. Waggoner "willybone" (Tinytown, CT) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm an beginner/intermediate yo yo player, and I found this book incredible. The Quantum Yo theory is truly revolutionary, and changed the way I think about yo yo tricks. Just like advertised, it's not a recipe book, but a guide to the underlying theory of how to approach yo yo tricks. I loved the tone of the writing and the inclusion of totem animals, as it just added enjoyment to what could have been a very dry analysis.

Advanced players will be able to see the limitations of a strictly "Quantum Yo" approach, but it may also help them think outside of old routines and expand their freestyle yocabulary. I doubt they've even thought of yo-ing in exactly this way before.

Top notch book, and I've never seen anything else even remotely like it for yo yos.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not for the new or faint of heart, Jul 14 2001

By	C. Pellitteri (Upland, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a great book of pretty darn advanced yo-yo tricks. It breaks each trick down into it's parts and expalins it in a physics type manner. It's not that easy to follow, and it reads kind of like a text book, but if you can get through the complex explainations it's got some stuff you've never seen in a yo-yo book before.

If you want to get deeper into some complicated yo-yo tricks, this book is for you.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Topological Yoistics, Dec 7 2000

By	Morgan Venable (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Do you get a kick out of operator spaces and wacky topology? If so, this is the yo-yo book for you. Coming just shy of an out-and-out mathematical analysis of the yo-yo, McBride lays down the laws of freestyle Yo, defining yo-yo play as a subset of the possible string/hand operations on the topology consisting of the yo, free hand and throw hand. This book will redefine the way you look at yo-yoing. If you have a refined mathematical background, this book could easily start you on the road towards a graduate thesis.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Every serious player should have this book.
Ultra-cool. There is no other trick book like the Yonomicon. A must read for every serious yo-yo player. Lucky Meisenheimer M.D. Read more

Published on May 31 1999 by LuckyJ@MSN.com

5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE YONOMICON!!
The Yonomicon is a great book, its like a math book full of equations to mix and make tricks. It leaves nothing unexplained, it just takes a littl while to learn to understand how... Read more

Published on April 3 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST YO-YO BOOK SO FAR!
This book is unbelievable and is the best yo-yo book for the serious yo-yoer so I recommend it to all of you yo-yos and yo-yoers out there wondering what there truly is after the... Read more

Published on Jan 2 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars This Is Not Yo'er Father's Oldsmobile .. or yo-yo book !
This is a breakthrough book. As the publisher of Just Say Y��, a website dedicated to the yo-yo community, and as a witness and participant in it's recent most incredible growth,... Read more

Published on Dec 21 1998