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Jamy Ian Swiss Magic Books Reviews

Jamy Ian Swiss Book Reviews

Jamy Ian Swiss

For eighteen years (June 1994 - January 2013), Jamy Ian Swiss wrote thoughtful, opinionated, long-form reviews of magic books for Genii magazine. Jamy's reviews contain insights deeper than just product recommendations, and so we have worked to assemble the entire series (almost 450 magic book reviews) in one complete and fully searchable archive.

Also, from October 2016 through January 2020, Jamy wrote reviews for the Lyons Den at the Magicana website.

Read Jamy's essay, Critical Thinking on his tenure as a book reviewer, or search for, or choose a review below:

Search for a review:
Book Author Date
Zoo Magic Robert E. Neale

Nov 2006
Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic David Ben

Nov 2008
Workers Number Five Michael Close

Oct 1996
Workers Number 4 Michael Close

Sep 1994
Words about Wizards Robert Parrish

Sep 1994
Wit And Wizardry: The Magic Of Norm Houghton Unknown

Aug 1998
William l. Lindhorst Roger Edgar Linden

May 1997
Will Rock Presents ... Leo Behnke

May 2007
Why Not? Chuck Smith

Aug 1996
What's Up Deck? A Notebook On Card Magic Aldo Colombini

Oct 2005
What If (Chuck Smith Lecture Notes) Chuck Smith

Sep 2005
Welcome to the Fabulous Wayne Dobson & Friends Wayne Dobson

Jan 2013
Vis A Vis Jack Avis and John Derris

Aug 1998
Versatile Card Magic Revisited Frank Simon

May 2003
Verbal Magic Juan Tamariz and Gema Navarro

Nov 2008
Variations Revisited Earl Nelson

May 2003
Using Magic To Prevent Drug Abuse Stan Davis

Nov 1996
Urban Illusions: Then Cutting Edge Illusions & Presentations J.C. Sum

Nov 2011
Under the Southern Cross Brian McCullagh

Jan 2002
Uncovered: Secrets for the Serious Magician John Luka

May 2007
Tullock; The Real Truth About Trade Show Magic And A Lot More Eddie Tullock, with Gene Urban & Kenton Knepper

Nov 1996
Tubthumping W. S. Duncan

Jan 2004
Try the Impossible Simon Aronson

Sep 2001
Troy Hooser's The Silver Surf Joshua Jay

Dec 1998
Trouping With Dante Marion S. Trikosko

May 2006
Tricks of my Trade: The Magic of Doug Conn Paul Cummins

Jun 2000
Tricks David Ben

Nov 2003
Trickery Treats: Card Craft Continued J.K. Hartman

Feb 2000
Trephine Richard Bartram, Jr

Jan 1998
Transformations: Creating Magic Out of Tricks Lawrence Haas

Nov 2007
Torn And Restored John Carney

Apr 1996
Tools of the Trade Chuck Smith

Sep 2001
Tommy Middleton: Bottoms Up David Harkey

Dec 1997
Thurston and Dante... The Written Word Phil Temple

Oct 2007
Thoughts So Far Kennedy

Mar 2007
Thinking Big; Magic With Jumbo Coins Mark Munro

Mar 2005
Theater Of The Mind Barrie Richardson

Nov 1999
The Wizard is Dead Yaniv Deautsch

Mar 2004
The Warpsmith Returns Tom Stone

Aug 1996
The Ultimate Endless Chain Routine Chuck Smith

May 2003
The Ultimate Bill Switch Kevin King

Dec 1995
The Trapdoor, Volume 3 (1994-1998) Steve Beam

Jan 2013
The Thought Reader Craze: Victorian Science at the Enchanted Boundary Barry H. Wiley

Jan 2013
The Tarbell Study Guide Harlan Tarbell

Oct 2005
The Tarbell Collection Harlan Tarbell

Sep 1994
The Stack Attack L. R. Brooks

May 1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck Martin Joyal

Sep 1997
The Silver Surf Troy Hooser

Dec 2000
The Silence of Chung Ling Soo Todd Karr

Mar 2002
The Self-Employed Entertainer's Complete Guide to Federal Income Tax Steven L. Snyder

Nov 2006