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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
Why Not? Chuck Smith

Aug 1996
Magic Yellow Pages 1996 Wittus Witt

Aug 1996
Bertram On Sleight Of Hand Ross Bertram

Aug 1996
Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes VIII, IX AND X Jean Hugard, Editor and Publisher

Aug 1996
The Warpsmith Returns Tom Stone

Aug 1996
The Expositor William Frederick Pinchbeck

Oct 1996
Workers Number Five Michael Close

Oct 1996
Magie Duvivier Jon Racherbaumer

Oct 1996
Tullock; The Real Truth About Trade Show Magic And A Lot More Eddie Tullock, with Gene Urban & Kenton Knepper

Nov 1996
Card Stories Ariel Frailich

Nov 1996
The Art Of Close-Up Magic, Volume 1 Lewis Ganson

Nov 1996
The Baby Bag Algonquin McDuff

Nov 1996
Using Magic To Prevent Drug Abuse Stan Davis

Nov 1996
Darwin's Inexpensive Illusions Gary Darwin

Nov 1996
Miracle Material, The Close-Up Magic Of Michael Kaminskas Michael Kaminskas

Nov 1996
The Magic Of Micah Lasher Micah Lasher

Nov 1996
How To Be A Fake Kreskin The Amazing Kreskin

Nov 1996
Houdini!!! The career of erich weiss Ken Silverman

Dec 1996
Notes to Houdini!!! Ken Silverman

Dec 1996
The Great Raymond William Rauscher

Dec 1996
Dai Vernon's Inner Card Trilogy Lewis Ganson

Dec 1996
Gambler's Book Club Jamie Ian Swiss

Mar 1997
Sharps And Flats John Nevil Maskelyne

Mar 1997
Phantom Of The Card Table Eddie McGuire

Mar 1997
Setting Up Exercises Karl Fulves

Mar 1997
Ken Krenzel's Ingenuities Stephen Minch

Apr 1997
William l. Lindhorst Roger Edgar Linden

May 1997
The Stack Attack L. R. Brooks

May 1997
Magic Of The Renaissance Tom Crowl

May 1997
The Art Of Deception: The Affinity Between Conjuring And Art Chuck Romano

Jun 1997
Hocus Pocus Junior Unknown

Jun 1997
A Price Guide To Magic Books Michael Canick

Jun 1997
Diamond Jubilee Memories: Magic All The Way Mark Raffles

Jun 1997
Swami and Mantra Sam Dalal

Jun 1997
Jean Hugard James B. Alfredson

Jul 1997
Effortless Card Magic Peter Duffie

Jul 1997
Charles Bertram: The Court Conjurer Edwin A. Dawes

Jul 1997
Dai Vernon's Symphony of the Rings Lewis Ganson

Jul 1997
John Carney Presents Al Baker's Lightning Pull John Carney

Aug 1997
Cellini: The Royal Touch A Guide To The Art Of Street Magic E. M. McFalls

Aug 1997
The Expert's Portfolio Jack Carpenter

Aug 1997
Simon Says: The Close-Up Magic Of Simon Lovell Simon Lovell

Aug 1997
The Card Magic Of Nick Trost Nick Trost

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

Sep 1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck Martin Joyal

Sep 1997
The 101 Most Asked Questions About Las Vegas & Casino Gambling George Joseph

Sep 1997
Levante: His Life, No Illusion Kent Blackmore

Sep 1997
Folding Money Fooling Robert E. Neale

Oct 1997
Penn & Teller's How To Play In Traffic Penn and Teller

Oct 1997
Ah-ha! David Harkey and Eric Anderson

Oct 1997