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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
Bill Goldman's Magic Bar & Grill Bill Goldman

May 2003
The Ultimate Endless Chain Routine Chuck Smith

May 2003
Variations Revisited Earl Nelson

May 2003
Frank Simon's Versatile Card Magic—The DVD Earl Nelson

May 2003
Versatile Card Magic Revisited Frank Simon

May 2003
Ruse, Artifice, and Subterfuge at the Card Table S. W. Erdnase

May 2003
The Magic of Robert-Houdin: an Artist's Life Christian Fechner

Mar 2003
Modern Enchantments Simon During

Mar 2003
Communicating with Magic: The Speaker's Guide to Magic, the Magician's Guide to Speaking Dr. Earl L. Reum & Lindsay E. Smith

Jan 2003
Chanin: The Man with the Magic Hands Jack Chanin & David E. Haversat

Jan 2003
The Book of Secrets: Lessons for Progressive Conjuring John Carney

Jan 2003
Sexy Magic James Hodges

Nov 2002
Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes Gerald P. Cestkowski

Nov 2002
Stanley Collins: Conjurer, Collector, and Iconoclast Edwin A. Dawes

Nov 2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks: Volume 4 Steve Beam

Sep 2002
The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel Harry Lorayne

Sep 2002
The Paper Engine Aaron Fisher & John Lovick

Sep 2002
Best of Friends: Volume 1 Harry Lorayne

Sep 2002
Once Upon a Time Punx

Sep 2002
The Blackstone Book of Magic & Illusion Harry Blackstone

Jul 2002
Marked for Lifts Tips, Tricks and Tactics for Any Marked Deck Kirk Charles

Jul 2002
Germain The Wizard Stuart Cramer

Jul 2002
Michael Close in Review Michael Close

May 2002
Devices of Wonder Barbara Maria Stafford and Frances Terpak

May 2002
Houdini Clinton Cox

May 2002
Puzzler's Tribute David Wolfe & Tom Rodgers

May 2002
St. George's Hall: Behind the Scenes at England's Home of Mystery Anne Davenport & John Salisse

May 2002
Jay's Journal of Anomalies Ricky Jay

May 2002
Apocalypse 11-15 (January 1988 through December 1992) Harry Lorayne

May 2002
Second to None: A Manuscript on the Art of Second Dealing Simon Lovell

Mar 2002
The Lost Notebooks of John Northern Hilliard John Northern Hilliard

Mar 2002
The Silence of Chung Ling Soo Todd Karr

Mar 2002
Absolute Magic Derren Brown

Mar 2002
Bob White Presents: It's A Matter of Style Jason Womack

Jan 2002
Under the Southern Cross Brian McCullagh

Jan 2002
Don England's Paradox Kevin Kelly

Jan 2002
Chan Canasta: Afterthoughts & Chan Canasta: A Remarkable Man: Volume 2 David Britland

Nov 2001
The Chicago Surprise Whit Haydn

Nov 2001
Notes on Three-Card Monte Whit Haydn

Nov 2001
DesTROYers: The Superlative Magic of Troy Hooser Joshua Jay

Nov 2001
The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading Ian Rowland

Nov 2001
Annals of Conjuring Sidney W. Clarke

Nov 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond Paul Curry

Nov 2001
Tools of the Trade Chuck Smith

Sep 2001
Discovering Invisibility Jim Steinmeyer

Sep 2001
Try the Impossible Simon Aronson

Sep 2001
Caution: Practical Joker Ahead Bruce Walstad

Jul 2001
The Annotated Magic of Slydini Lewis Ganson

Jul 2001
Side Shows: My Life with Gooks, Freaks & Vagabonds in the Carny Trade Daniel Waldron; Howard Bone

Jul 2001
In a Class by Himself: The Legacy of Don Alan Jon Racherbaumer

May 2001