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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
Cardshark Darwin Ortiz

Dec 1995
Carter The Great Mike Caveney

Jan 1996
Catching Up with Milo and Roger Dustin Stinett

Jan 2008
Caution: Practical Joker Ahead Bruce Walstad

Jul 2001
Cellini: The Royal Touch A Guide To The Art Of Street Magic E. M. McFalls

Aug 1997
Champagne & Imp Romp 2 Lewis Jones

Nov 1994
Chan Canasta: A Remarkable Man David Britland

Sep 2000
Chan Canasta: Afterthoughts & Chan Canasta: A Remarkable Man: Volume 2 David Britland

Nov 2001
Chanin: The Man with the Magic Hands Jack Chanin & David E. Haversat

Jan 2003
Chapter One Asi Wind

May 2010
Charles Bertram: The Court Conjurer Edwin A. Dawes

Jul 1997
Cheating at Blackjack Dustin D. Marks

Dec 2004
Cheating At Blackjack Squared: The Dark Side Of Gambling Dustin D. Marks

Mar 1996
Circle Without End Edwin A Dawes & Michael Bailey

Mar 2006
Clever And Pleasant Inventions J. Prevost

Aug 1998
Close Up: The Real Secrets of Magic David Stone

Sep 2008
Close-Up & Personal David Regal

Jun 1999
Close-Up Classics Michael Vincent

Jan 1998
Combo Karl Fulves

Dec 1999
Communicating with Magic: The Speaker's Guide to Magic, the Magician's Guide to Speaking Dr. Earl L. Reum & Lindsay E. Smith

Jan 2003
Confessions of a Conjuror Derren Brown

Jan 2011
Cryptical Envelopment: Five Gentle Frauds for the Close-Up Performer John Hostler

Sep 2012
Cues: Variations of the Second Sight Act Leo Behnke

Nov 2005
Dai Vernon: A Biography David Ben

Jul 2006
Dai Vernon's Inner Card Trilogy Lewis Ganson

Dec 1996
Dai Vernon's Symphony of the Rings Lewis Ganson

Jul 1997
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig Lewis Ganson

Dec 2000
Dai Vernon's Ultimate Secrets Of Card Magic Lewis Ganson

Nov 2005
Darwin's Inexpensive Illusions Gary Darwin

Nov 1996
David P. Abbott's House of Mystery Teller & Todd Karr

Mar 2005
Del Ray: America's Foremost John Moehring

Mar 2011
Destiny, Chance and Free Will & Other Presentations Allan Zola Kronzek

Jun 2000
DesTROYers: The Superlative Magic of Troy Hooser Joshua Jay

Nov 2001
Devices of Wonder Barbara Maria Stafford and Frances Terpak

May 2002
Devious Standards Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewed by Eric Mead)

Aug 2011
Diamond Jubilee Memories: Magic All The Way Mark Raffles

Jun 1997
Digital Effects, The Magic Of Joe Mogar Steve Beam

Sep 1997
Disappearing Tricks: Silent Film, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century Matthew Solomon

May 2010
Discovering Invisibility Jim Steinmeyer

Sep 2001
Discovering the Magic City: Early Chicago Amusements, 1834-1871 William Pack

May 2006
Dobson's Choices the Sequel Wayne Dobson

Jan 2004
Don England's Paradox Kevin Kelly

Jan 2002
Down Under Deals Andrew Wimhurst

Jan 1999
Drawing Room Deceptions Guy Hollingworth

Oct 1999
Effortless Card Magic Peter Duffie

Jul 1997
Elastrix: The Encyclopedia Of Rubber-Band Magic Volume II Stephen Minch

Apr 1996
Elements: the Lecture, the Book Lance Pierce

May 2011
Encyclopedia of Impromptu Card Forces Lewis Jones

Nov 2010
Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes Gerald P. Cestkowski

Nov 2002
Entertainer Tales From The Road: Confessions Of A Fulltime Family Tom Lilly

Aug 1998