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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
Everything Is Funnier With Monkeys Doc Dixon

May 1996
Experience: The Magic of Jon Allen John Lovick

Sep 2009
Exposed James Randi

Aug 2005
Exposed! The Untold Story of Harry Kellar and the Tribune Spook Case William Pack

May 2006
Fechter The Magic of Eddie Fechter Jerry Mentzer

Jan 2004
Finding Dariel Fitzkee: The Man with the Trick Brain David Goodsell

May 2009
Finger Fitness Lorraine C. & Gregory G. Irwin

Aug 1994
Folding Money Fooling Robert E. Neale

Oct 1997
Fooling Houdini Alex Stone

Jul 2012
Foundations: The Art of Staging Magic Eberhard Riese

Nov 2006
Frank Simon's Versatile Card Magic—The DVD Earl Nelson

May 2003
Fred Kaps' Currency Unknown

Mar 2005
Fred Kaps' Purse Unknown

Mar 2005
From A Shuffled Deck In Use Paul Cummins

Jan 1998
Full Metal Jacket J.C. Wagner and Syd Segal

Sep 2005
Fusillade: A Treatise on the Multiple Selection Routine Doc Eason & Paul Cummins

Mar 2001
Gambler's Book Club Jamie Ian Swiss

Mar 1997
Gary Plants on the Zarrow Shuffle Stephen Minch

Nov 2004
Germain The Wizard Stuart Cramer

Jul 2002
Gibeciere Stephen Minch

Mar 2010
Gibeciere Summer 2006 Various

Sep 2007
Gibeciere Winter 2007 Various

Sep 2007
Gift Magic: Performances that Leave People with a Souvenir Lawrence Hass

Nov 2010
Gordon Nocturnal Creations The Impromptu Card Illusions Of Paul Gordon Paul Gordon

Jan 1998
Great Tricks Revisited Robert Parrish

Jul 2005
Growing In The Art Of Magic Eugene Burger

May 1996
Handcrafted Card Magic Denis Behr

Sep 2007
Handcrafted Card Magic Volume 2 Denis Behr

Jul 2011
Happiness Success! Interviews With Performers About Fame, Fortune And Happiness Brad Zupp

Oct 2005
Harry Lorayne's Apocalypse: Volumes 1-5 Harry Lorayne

Nov 2000
Hiding the Elephant Jim Steinmeyer

Nov 2003
Hocus Pocus Junior Unknown

Jun 1997
Hold'Em Magic Tom Frame

Jan 2012
Houdini Clinton Cox

May 2002
Houdini Souvenir Program Unknown

Jan 1998
Houdini!!! The career of erich weiss Ken Silverman

Dec 1996
House of Cards: The Life & Magic Of Paul Rosini Chuck Romano

Sep 1999
How To Be A Fake Kreskin The Amazing Kreskin

Nov 1996
How to Persuade People Who Don't Want to be Persuaded Joel Bauer & Mark Levy

Nov 2004
Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes I, II, III, & IV Jean Hugard, Editor and Publisher

Apr 2005
Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes VIII, IX AND X Jean Hugard, Editor and Publisher

Aug 1996
Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes XI, XII AND XIII Jean Hugard, Editor and Publisher

Mar 1996
Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes XIV, XV, AND XVI Jean Hugard, Editor and Publisher

Dec 1997
Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes XVII, XVIII and XIX Jean Hugard, Editor and Publisher

Apr 1999
Hugard's Magic Monthly: Volumes V, VI & VII Jean Hugard, Editor and Publisher

Nov 2005
Impossible Bill Braid Robert E. Neale

Sep 2009
In a Class by Himself: The Legacy of Don Alan Jon Racherbaumer

May 2001
In The Mind's Eye Minnesota Mind-PSI Collection

Aug 1994
Intercept Harvey Berg

Jul 2000
It's Not Fun To Be Fooled Bill Nagler, M.D

Jan 1998