Jamy Ian Swiss Book Reviews
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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:
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Bertram On Sleight Of Hand
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Ross Bertram
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Aug 1996
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Magic Yellow Pages 1996
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Wittus Witt
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Aug 1996
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Why Not?
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Chuck Smith
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Aug 1996
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Seance
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Scott Moore-Davis
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Jul 1996
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The Fine Art Of Hocus Pocus
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John Booth
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Jul 1996
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Michael Gallo's Siamese Coins
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Stephen Hobbs
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Jul 1996
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Lou Gallo, The Underground Man
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Richard Kaufman and Mark Phillips
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Jul 1996
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The Books Of Wonder Volumes One And Two
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Tommy Wonder and Stephen Minch
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Jun 1996
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Growing In The Art Of Magic
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Eugene Burger
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May 1996
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Everything Is Funnier With Monkeys
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Doc Dixon
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May 1996
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Elastrix: The Encyclopedia Of Rubber-Band Magic Volume II
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Stephen Minch
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Apr 1996
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Torn And Restored
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John Carney
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Apr 1996
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Card College Volume Two
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Roberto Giobbi
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Apr 1996
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A Candle In The Dark
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Thomas Ady, M.A.
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Apr 1996
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Pocket Power
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Jarle Leirpoll
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Mar 1996
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Cheating At Blackjack Squared: The Dark Side Of Gambling
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Dustin D. Marks
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Mar 1996
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After Craft
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J. K. Hartman
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Mar 1996
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Modern Art
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Jim Steinmeyer
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Mar 1996
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The Complete Dungeon
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Anthony Owen
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Mar 1996
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Setting Up Exercises
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Karl Fulves
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Mar 1996
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Phantom Of The Card Table
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Eddie McGuire
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Mar 1996
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Sharps And Flats
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John Nevil Maskelyne
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Mar 1996
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Gambler's Book Club
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Unknown
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Mar 1996
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The Abracadabra Kid
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Sid Fleischman
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Mar 1996
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The Illustrated History Of Magic
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Milbourne and Maurine Christopher
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Mar 1996
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Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes XI, XII AND XIII
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Jean Hugard, Editor and Publisher
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Mar 1996
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Simply Simon
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Simon Aronson
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Feb 1996
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The Discoverie of Witchcraft
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Reginald Scot
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Feb 1996
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The Magic Of The United States
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Robert James Albo, M.D.
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Jan 1996
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Carter The Great
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Mike Caveney
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Jan 1996
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From A Shuffled Deck In Use
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Paul Cummins
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Jan 1996
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Miracles With Cards
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James Swain
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Jan 1996
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Restaurant Magic The Restaurant Worker's Handbook A Practical Guide To To Restaurant Magic
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Jim Pace & Jerry MacGregor
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Jan 1996
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The Feints And Temps Of Harry Riser
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Ed Brown
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Jan 1996
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The Art Of Astonishment, Books 1, 2
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Paul Harris
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Jan 1996
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The Dai Vernon Book of Magic
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Lewis Ganson
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Dec 1994
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Beat'em, Cheat'em, Leave'em Bleeding
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Mister Big 'N' Fast Bobby Knuckles
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Dec 1994
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Paramiracles
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Ted Lesley
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Nov 1994
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Champagne & Imp Romp 2
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Lewis Jones
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Nov 1994
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Magic Around the World
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Bill Ragsdale
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Nov 1994
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Antiquarian Magic and Collectibles, Catalog 39
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Antiquarian Magic and Collectibles
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Nov 1994
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The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, Volume 2
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Stephen Minch
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Oct 1994
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The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini
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Aldo Colombini
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Oct 1994
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Las Vegas Kardma
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Allan Ackerman
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Oct 1994
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Workers Number 4
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Michael Close
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Sep 1994
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Words about Wizards
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Robert Parrish
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Sep 1994
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The Tarbell Collection
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Harlan Tarbell
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Sep 1994
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Rediscoveries: New Ways of Framing Old Favorites
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Eugene Burger
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Sep 1994
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Performing in Japan: Amusing Anecdotes and Helpful Hints
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Brad Zupp
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Sep 1994
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Lights! Camera! Action!
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Dick and Virginia Williams
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Aug 1994
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