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Jamy Ian Swiss Book Reviews - page 8

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

Dec 1997

The Chronicles Karl Fulves

Dec 1997

Breslaw's Last Legacy Unknown

Dec 1997

The Art Of Invisible Thread Jon LeClair

Dec 1997

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

Dec 1997

Jennings '67 Richard Kaufman

Dec 1997

Arcade Dreams Jon Racherbaumer and Ed Marlo

Dec 1997

Ah-ha! David Harkey and Eric Anderson

Oct 1997

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

Oct 1997

Folding Money Fooling Robert E. Neale

Oct 1997

Levante: His Life, No Illusion Kent Blackmore

Sep 1997

The 101 Most Asked Questions About Las Vegas & Casino Gambling George Joseph

Sep 1997

The Six-Hour Memorized Deck Martin Joyal

Sep 1997

Digital Effects, The Magic Of Joe Mogar Steve Beam

Sep 1997

The Card Magic Of Nick Trost Nick Trost

Aug 1997

Simon Says: The Close-Up Magic Of Simon Lovell Simon Lovell

Aug 1997

The Expert's Portfolio Jack Carpenter

Aug 1997

Cellini: The Royal Touch A Guide To The Art Of Street Magic E. M. McFalls

Aug 1997

John Carney Presents Al Baker's Lightning Pull John Carney

Aug 1997

Dai Vernon's Symphony of the Rings Lewis Ganson

Jul 1997

Charles Bertram: The Court Conjurer Edwin A. Dawes

Jul 1997

Effortless Card Magic Peter Duffie

Jul 1997

Jean Hugard James B. Alfredson

Jul 1997

Swami and Mantra Sam Dalal

Jun 1997

Diamond Jubilee Memories: Magic All The Way Mark Raffles

Jun 1997

A Price Guide To Magic Books Michael Canick

Jun 1997

Hocus Pocus Junior Unknown

Jun 1997

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

Jun 1997

Magic Of The Renaissance Tom Crowl

May 1997

The Stack Attack L. R. Brooks

May 1997

William l. Lindhorst Roger Edgar Linden

May 1997

Ken Krenzel's Ingenuities Stephen Minch

Apr 1997

Gambler's Book Club Jamie Ian Swiss

Mar 1997

Sharps And Flats John Nevil Maskelyne

Mar 1997

Phantom Of The Card Table Eddie McGuire

Mar 1997

Setting Up Exercises Karl Fulves

Mar 1997

Dai Vernon's Inner Card Trilogy Lewis Ganson

Dec 1996

The Great Raymond William Rauscher

Dec 1996

Notes to Houdini!!! Ken Silverman

Dec 1996

Houdini!!! The career of erich weiss Ken Silverman

Dec 1996

How To Be A Fake Kreskin The Amazing Kreskin

Nov 1996

The Magic Of Micah Lasher Micah Lasher

Nov 1996

Miracle Material, The Close-Up Magic Of Michael Kaminskas Michael Kaminskas

Nov 1996

Darwin's Inexpensive Illusions Gary Darwin

Nov 1996

Using Magic To Prevent Drug Abuse Stan Davis

Nov 1996

The Baby Bag Algonquin McDuff

Nov 1996

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

Nov 1996

Card Stories Ariel Frailich

Nov 1996

Tullock; The Real Truth About Trade Show Magic And A Lot More Eddie Tullock, with Gene Urban & Kenton Knepper

Nov 1996

Magie Duvivier Jon Racherbaumer

Oct 1996