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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
Mainly Mental C.L. Boarde

Jan 1998
Milt Larsen's Magic Castle Tour Carol Marie

Jan 1998
The Lost Cheesy Notebooks: Volumes One And Two Chad Long

Sep 2005
Monkey Shines Volumes One & Two Chris "Doc" Dixon

Mar 2001
Maurice Fogel Chris Woodward

Jan 2000
The Magic of Robert-Houdin: an Artist's Life Christian Fechner

Mar 2003
Owen Clark: A Genius Forgotten Christopher Brinson

Mar 2011
The Rat Trap & Other Snappy Effects You Can Do with Your Little Deck Chuck Fayne

Aug 2005
The Card on the Seat & Other Loads in your Pants Chuck Fayne

Aug 1994
House of Cards: The Life & Magic Of Paul Rosini Chuck Romano

Sep 1999
The Art Of Deception: The Affinity Between Conjuring And Art Chuck Romano

Jun 1997
What If (Chuck Smith Lecture Notes) Chuck Smith

Sep 2005
The Ultimate Endless Chain Routine Chuck Smith

May 2003
Tools of the Trade Chuck Smith

Sep 2001
Why Not? Chuck Smith

Aug 1996
Houdini Clinton Cox

May 2002
Jinx Companion Craig Conley, Gordon Meyer & Fredrick Turner

Nov 2011
Revelation Dai Vernon

Jul 2008
Blackstone: A Magician's Life Daniel Waldron

Oct 1999
Side Shows: My Life with Gooks, Freaks & Vagabonds in the Carny Trade Daniel Waldron; Howard Bone

Jul 2001
Rings In Your Fingers Dariel Fitzkee

Sep 2000
Cardshark Darwin Ortiz

Dec 1995
Strong Magic Darwin Ortiz

Jul 1994
A Candid View Of The Maskelynes, 1916 Davenport & John Salisse

Aug 2005
Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic David Ben

Nov 2008
Tricks David Ben

Nov 2003
Dai Vernon: A Biography David Ben

Jul 2006
Chan Canasta: Afterthoughts & Chan Canasta: A Remarkable Man: Volume 2 David Britland

Nov 2001
Chan Canasta: A Remarkable Man David Britland

Sep 2000
Phantoms of the Card Table David Britland & "Gazzo"

Jul 2003
Noteworthy: a Magical Lecture David Gabbay

Sep 2012
Finding Dariel Fitzkee: The Man with the Trick Brain David Goodsell

May 2009
Be A Street Magician! (A How-To Guide) David Groves

Mar 1999
Tommy Middleton: Bottoms Up David Harkey

Dec 1997
Ah-ha! David Harkey and Eric Anderson

Oct 1997
Seriously Silly David Kaye

Jan 2005
Brain Food David Parr

Aug 1998
Magic for Dummies David Pogue

Jan 1999
Approaching Magic David Regal

May 2008
Close-Up & Personal David Regal

Jun 1999
Close Up: The Real Secrets of Magic David Stone

Sep 2008
Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret David Williamson

Sep 2003
Puzzler's Tribute David Wolfe & Tom Rodgers

May 2002
Handcrafted Card Magic Volume 2 Denis Behr

Jul 2011
Handcrafted Card Magic Denis Behr

Sep 2007
The Dennis Loomis Cups and Balls Routine Dennis Loomis

Nov 2005
Confessions of a Conjuror Derren Brown

Jan 2011
Absolute Magic Derren Brown

Mar 2002
Pure Effect: Direct Mind-Reading and Magical Artistry Derren Brown

Mar 2000
Lights! Camera! Action! Dick and Virginia Williams

Aug 1994