Jamy Ian Swiss Book Reviews
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:
| Book |
|---|
| Levante: His Life, No Illusion Kent Blackmore |
| The 101 Most Asked Questions About Las Vegas & Casino Gambling George Joseph |
| The Six-Hour Memorized Deck Martin Joyal |
| Digital Effects, The Magic Of Joe Mogar Steve Beam |
| The Card Magic Of Nick Trost Nick Trost |
| Simon Says: The Close-Up Magic Of Simon Lovell Simon Lovell |
| The Expert's Portfolio Jack Carpenter |
| Cellini: The Royal Touch A Guide To The Art Of Street Magic E. M. McFalls |
| John Carney Presents Al Baker's Lightning Pull John Carney |
| Dai Vernon's Symphony of the Rings Lewis Ganson |
| Charles Bertram: The Court Conjurer Edwin A. Dawes |
| Effortless Card Magic Peter Duffie |
| Jean Hugard James B. Alfredson |
| Swami and Mantra Sam Dalal |
| Diamond Jubilee Memories: Magic All The Way Mark Raffles |
| A Price Guide To Magic Books Michael Canick |
| Hocus Pocus Junior Unknown |
| The Art Of Deception: The Affinity Between Conjuring And Art Chuck Romano |
| Magic Of The Renaissance Tom Crowl |
| The Stack Attack L. R. Brooks |
| William l. Lindhorst Roger Edgar Linden |
| Ken Krenzel's Ingenuities Stephen Minch |
| Gambler's Book Club Jamie Ian Swiss |
| Sharps And Flats John Nevil Maskelyne |
| Phantom Of The Card Table Eddie McGuire |
| Setting Up Exercises Karl Fulves |
| Dai Vernon's Inner Card Trilogy Lewis Ganson |
| The Great Raymond William Rauscher |
| Notes to Houdini!!! Ken Silverman |
| Houdini!!! The career of erich weiss Ken Silverman |
| How To Be A Fake Kreskin The Amazing Kreskin |
| The Magic Of Micah Lasher Micah Lasher |
| Miracle Material, The Close-Up Magic Of Michael Kaminskas Michael Kaminskas |
| Darwin's Inexpensive Illusions Gary Darwin |
| Using Magic To Prevent Drug Abuse Stan Davis |
| The Baby Bag Algonquin McDuff |
| The Art Of Close-Up Magic, Volume 1 Lewis Ganson |
| Card Stories Ariel Frailich |
| Tullock; The Real Truth About Trade Show Magic And A Lot More Eddie Tullock, with Gene Urban & Kenton Knepper |
| Magie Duvivier Jon Racherbaumer |
