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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
Exposed James Randi

Aug 2005
Small but Deadly Paul Hallas

Jul 2005
Billion Dollar Bunko Simon Lovell

Jul 2005
The Indescribable Phenomenon Barry H. Wiley

Jul 2005
Sleightly Tricky John Shryock

Jul 2005
Much Ado About Something Karrell Fox

Jul 2005
Great Tricks Revisited Robert Parrish

Jul 2005
The Complete Workers Ebook Michael Close

May 2005
Magic & Meaning Eugene Burger and Robert E. Neale

Apr 2005
Recycling The Magic Way Michael Rappa

Apr 2005
Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes I, II, III, & IV Jean Hugard, Editor and Publisher

Apr 2005
Card College: Volume One Roberto Giobbi

Apr 2005
The Magic of Ascanio: The Structural Conception of Magic Arturo de Ascanio; Jesús Etcheverry

Mar 2005
David P. Abbott's House of Mystery Teller & Todd Karr

Mar 2005
Thinking Big; Magic With Jumbo Coins Mark Munro

Mar 2005
Presto Prestige Morris N. Young

Mar 2005
Fred Kaps' Purse Unknown

Mar 2005
Fred Kaps' Currency Unknown

Mar 2005
Magic And Methods Of Ross Bertram Ross Bertram

Mar 2005
The Life And Many Deaths Of Harry Houdini Ruth Brandon

Feb 2005
The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick: How a Spectacular Hoax Became History Peter Lamont

Jan 2005
The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy Bob Cassidy

Jan 2005
Seriously Silly David Kaye

Jan 2005
The Collector's Scrapbook Gary R. Frank

Jan 2005
The Secrets of Stage Conjuring Robert-Houdin

Jan 2005
Meir Yedid's Magic Wish Stephen Hobbs

Jan 2005
Roger's Thesaurus Roger Crosthwaite & Justin Higham

Jan 2005
Cheating at Blackjack Dustin D. Marks

Dec 2004
How to Persuade People Who Don't Want to be Persuaded Joel Bauer & Mark Levy

Nov 2004
Gary Plants on the Zarrow Shuffle Stephen Minch

Nov 2004
Linking Rings: William W. Durbin and the Magic and Mystery of America James D. Robenalt

Nov 2004
Mnemonica: Symphony in Mnemonic Major (Bewitched Music II) Juan Tamariz

Sep 2004
Art and Ardor at the Card Table James Nuzzo and Edward Marlo

Jul 2004
New Era Card Tricks August Roterberg

Jul 2004
The Secret Art of Magic Eric Evans and Nowlin Craver

May 2004
The Wizard is Dead Yaniv Deautsch

Mar 2004
Kellar's Wonders Mike Caveney & Bill Miesel

Mar 2004
Tubthumping W. S. Duncan

Jan 2004
Dobson's Choices the Sequel Wayne Dobson

Jan 2004
Fechter The Magic of Eddie Fechter Jerry Mentzer

Jan 2004
Tricks David Ben

Nov 2003
Hiding the Elephant Jim Steinmeyer

Nov 2003
Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret David Williamson

Sep 2003
Stanyon’s Magic Ellis Stanyon

Sep 2003
The Magic Wand Unknown

Sep 2003
Artificial Conclusions Jim Steinmeyer

Sep 2003
The Digital Pentagram Unknown

Sep 2003
The Digital Pabular Unknown

Sep 2003
Revolutionary Card Technique Edward Marlo

Jul 2003
Phantoms of the Card Table David Britland & "Gazzo"

Jul 2003