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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
Magic Matters: Tricks and Essays Robert E. Neale

Jan 2010
The Magic in Books Leo Behnke

Jan 2010
Spellbound: The Wonder-Filled Life of Doug Henning John Harrison

Nov 2009
Magic By Design: Study, Practice and Presentation John Carney

Nov 2009
Experience: The Magic of Jon Allen John Lovick

Sep 2009
Tabman Magic Tabby Crabb

Sep 2009
Impossible Bill Braid Robert E. Neale

Sep 2009
Sometimes the Jokes are Just for Me Master Payne

Sep 2009
Newspaper Magic Gene Anderson and Frances Marshall

Jul 2009
Nick Trost's Subtle Card Creations, Volume 2 Nick Trost

Jul 2009
Performing Magic on the Western Stage: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Francesco Coppa, Lawrence Hass, and James Peck

Jul 2009
Finding Dariel Fitzkee: The Man with the Trick Brain David Goodsell

May 2009
The Notebook Anonymous

May 2009
The Magician: John Mulholland's Secret Life Ben Robinson

May 2009
The Little Egypt Book of Ghosts Steve Bryant

Mar 2009
The Original Stars Of Magic Various Authors

Mar 2009
The Magic of Ascanio: More Studies of Card Magic Jesus Etcheverry

Jan 2009
The Magic of Ascanio: Ascanio's Knives and Color Blindness Arturo de Ascanio

Jan 2009
Stand-Up: A Professional Guide to Comedy Magic Ian Keable

Jan 2009
Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic David Ben

Nov 2008
Verbal Magic Juan Tamariz and Gema Navarro

Nov 2008
Close Up: The Real Secrets of Magic David Stone

Sep 2008
Revelation Dai Vernon

Jul 2008
Approaching Magic David Regal

May 2008
Jack Parker's 52 Memories Andi Gladwin

May 2008
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks Volume One Bruce Cervon

Mar 2008
52 Ways to Cheat at Poker Allan Zola Kronzek

Mar 2008
The Osterlind Trilogy Richard Osterlind

Mar 2008
Catching Up with Milo and Roger Dustin Stinett

Jan 2008
The E-Books of Tom Stone Tom Stone

Jan 2008
Performing Dark Arts: A Cultural History of Conjuring Michael Mangan

Nov 2007
Transformations: Creating Magic Out of Tricks Lawrence Haas

Nov 2007
SAD (Simple And Direct) Mentalism Looch

Oct 2007
Thurston and Dante... The Written Word Phil Temple

Oct 2007
The Essential Stewart James Allan Slaight

Oct 2007
Gibeciere Winter 2007 Various

Sep 2007
Gibeciere Summer 2006 Various

Sep 2007
Handcrafted Card Magic Denis Behr

Sep 2007
Cardini: The Suave Deceiver John Fisher

Jul 2007
The Second 16th Card Book Tom Craven & Paul Gordon

May 2007
Uncovered: Secrets for the Serious Magician John Luka

May 2007
The Magician's LTD Cookbook Andi Gladwin

May 2007
Will Rock Presents ... Leo Behnke

May 2007
Thoughts So Far Kennedy

Mar 2007
Psychological Subtleties 2 Banachek

Mar 2007
Salon de Magie Gabe Fajuri and Ken Klosterman

Mar 2007
The Essential Robert-Houdin Todd Karr

Jan 2007
Tangled Web Eric Mead

Jan 2007
Card College Light Roberto Giobbi

Jan 2007
Foundations: The Art of Staging Magic Eberhard Riese

Nov 2006