Jamy Ian Swiss Book Reviews - page 3

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
The Great Raymond William Rauscher

Dec 1996

The Great Eyeless Vision Act Marko

Sep 2005

The Genius Of Robert Harbin Eric Lewis

Jan 1998

The Gardner-Smith Correspondence Martin Gardner & Marshall D. Smith

Jan 2000

The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading Ian Rowland

Nov 2001

The First Psychic Peter Lamont

Nov 2005

The Fine Art Of Hocus Pocus John Booth

Jul 1996

The Feints And Temps Of Harry Riser Ed Brown

Jan 1996

The Expositor William Frederick Pinchbeck

Oct 1996

The Expert's Portfolio Jack Carpenter

Aug 1997

The Essential Stewart James Allan Slaight

Oct 2007

The Essential Robert-Houdin Todd Karr

Jan 2007

The Erdnase Journal John Bodine and Theron Schaub

Sep 2010

The Equivoque Choice Jack Dean

Dec 1995

The E-Books of Tom Stone Tom Stone

Jan 2008

The Discoverie of Witchcraft Reginald Scot

Feb 1996

The Digital Pentagram Unknown

Sep 2003

The Digital Pabular Unknown

Sep 2003

The Dennis Loomis Cups and Balls Routine Dennis Loomis

Nov 2005

The Davenport story: Volume Three Fergus Roy

Mar 2012

The Davenport Story Volume Two: The Lost Legends Robert Harbin, Edward Victor, G.W. Hunter

May 2010

The Davenport Story Volume One Fergus Roy

Mar 2010

The Dai Vernon Book of Magic Lewis Ganson

Dec 1994

The Cruise Magician's Handbook Fred Becker

Sep 1998

The Conservation of Magic Leo Behnke

Nov 2000

The Coney Island Fakir: The Magical Life Of Al Flosso Gary R. Brown

Dec 1997

The Complete Workers Ebook Michael Close

May 2005

The Complete Ganson Magic Teach-in Series Lewis Ganson

Sep 2010

The Complete Eye Openers plus Supreme Mental Discernment R.W. Hull

Nov 2006

The Complete Dungeon Anthony Owen

Mar 1996

The Complete Cups and Balls Michael Ammar

Feb 1999

The Collector's Scrapbook Gary R. Frank

Jan 2005

The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, Volume 2 Stephen Minch

Oct 1994

The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini Aldo Colombini

Oct 1994

The Chronicles Karl Fulves

Dec 1997

The Chicago Surprise Whit Haydn

Nov 2001

The Cardiste J. Russell Duck

Sep 2006

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

Aug 1994

The Card Magic Of Nick Trost Nick Trost

Aug 1997

The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel Harry Lorayne

Sep 2002

The Books Of Wonder Volumes One And Two Tommy Wonder and Stephen Minch

Jun 1996

The Book of Secrets: Lessons for Progressive Conjuring John Carney

Jan 2003

The Blackstone Book of Magic & Illusion Harry Blackstone

Jul 2002

The Baby Bag Algonquin McDuff

Nov 1996

The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy Bob Cassidy

Jan 2005

The Art Of Invisible Thread Jon LeClair

Dec 1997

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

Jun 1997

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

Nov 1996

The Art Of Astonishment, Books 1, 2 Paul Harris

Jan 1996

The Annotated Magic of Slydini Lewis Ganson

Jul 2001