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

Mar 2002
Seance Scott Moore-Davis

Jul 1996
Scotland Up Close Peter Duffle

May 2006
Salon de Magie Gabe Fajuri and Ken Klosterman

Mar 2007
SAD (Simple And Direct) Mentalism Looch

Oct 2007
Ruse, Artifice, and Subterfuge at the Card Table S. W. Erdnase

May 2003
Roger's Thesaurus Roger Crosthwaite & Justin Higham

Jan 2005
Rings In Your Fingers Dariel Fitzkee

Sep 2000
Revolutionary Card Technique Edward Marlo

Jul 2003
Revelation Dai Vernon

Jul 2008
Restaurant Magic The Restaurant Worker's Handbook A Practical Guide To To Restaurant Magic Jim Pace & Jerry MacGregor

Jan 1996
Rediscoveries: New Ways of Framing Old Favorites Eugene Burger

Sep 1994
Recycling The Magic Way Michael Rappa

Apr 2005
Real World Magic Jerry MacGregor

Jun 2000
Quartet: A Fake Card And Ten Routines Therewith Guy Hollingworth

Feb 2000
Puzzler's Tribute David Wolfe & Tom Rodgers

May 2002
Pure Effect: Direct Mind-Reading and Magical Artistry Derren Brown

Mar 2000
Psychological Subtleties 3 Banachek

Jan 2010
Psychological Subtleties 2 Banachek

Mar 2007
Psychological Subtleties Banachek

Jun 1999
Private Studies, Numbers 1 Through 6 Ron Bauer

Aug 1998
Presto Prestige Morris N. Young

Mar 2005
Practical Parlor Prestidigitation Marko

Sep 2005
Pocket Power Jarle Leirpoll

Mar 1996
Phantoms of the Card Table David Britland & "Gazzo"

Jul 2003
Phantom Of The Card Table Eddie McGuire

Mar 1997
Performing Magic on the Western Stage: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Francesco Coppa, Lawrence Hass, and James Peck

Jul 2009
Performing in Japan: Amusing Anecdotes and Helpful Hints Brad Zupp

Sep 1994
Performing Dark Arts: A Cultural History of Conjuring Michael Mangan

Nov 2007
Penn & Teller's How To Play In Traffic Penn and Teller

Oct 1997
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond Paul Curry

Nov 2001
Patrick Page: The Pageboy Speaks… Again Patrick Page

May 2011
Paramiracles Ted Lesley

Nov 1994
Owen Clark: A Genius Forgotten Christopher Brinson

Mar 2011
Once Upon a Time Punx

Sep 2002
Of Legierdemaine and Diverse Juggling Knacks: Columns from The Linking Ring (1949-1966) John Braun & William Broecker

Dec 1999
Noteworthy: a Magical Lecture David Gabbay

Sep 2012
Notes to Houdini!!! Ken Silverman

Dec 1996
Notes on Three-Card Monte Whit Haydn

Nov 2001
Nick Trost's Subtle Card Creations, Volume 2 Nick Trost

Jul 2009
Newspaper Magic Gene Anderson and Frances Marshall

Jul 2009
New Era Card Tricks August Roterberg

Jul 2004
New Card Rises Karl Fulves

Mar 1999
Neo-Magic Artistry S. H. Sharpe

Nov 2000
Mutus Nomen Karl Fulves

Dec 1999
Much Ado About Something Karrell Fox

Jul 2005
Mr. Mysto's Wizard Academy: Simple Magic & Stunts John Carney

Mar 2012
Monkey Shines Volumes One & Two Chris "Doc" Dixon

Mar 2001
Modern Enchantments Simon During

Mar 2003
Modern Art Jim Steinmeyer

Mar 1996