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 |
|---|
| Workers Number Five Michael Close |
| The Expositor William Frederick Pinchbeck |
| The Warpsmith Returns Tom Stone |
| Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes VIII, IX AND X Jean Hugard, Editor and Publisher |
| Bertram On Sleight Of Hand Ross Bertram |
| Magic Yellow Pages 1996 Wittus Witt |
| Why Not? Chuck Smith |
| Seance Scott Moore-Davis |
| The Fine Art Of Hocus Pocus John Booth |
| Michael Gallo's Siamese Coins Stephen Hobbs |
| Lou Gallo, The Underground Man Richard Kaufman and Mark Phillips |
| The Books Of Wonder Volumes One And Two Tommy Wonder and Stephen Minch |
| Growing In The Art Of Magic Eugene Burger |
| Everything Is Funnier With Monkeys Doc Dixon |
| Elastrix: The Encyclopedia Of Rubber-Band Magic Volume II Stephen Minch |
| Torn And Restored John Carney |
| Card College Volume Two Roberto Giobbi |
| A Candle In The Dark Thomas Ady, M.A. |
| Pocket Power Jarle Leirpoll |
| Cheating At Blackjack Squared: The Dark Side Of Gambling Dustin D. Marks |
| After Craft J. K. Hartman |
| Modern Art Jim Steinmeyer |
| The Complete Dungeon Anthony Owen |
| The Abracadabra Kid Sid Fleischman |
| The Illustrated History Of Magic Milbourne and Maurine Christopher |
| Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes XI, XII AND XIII Jean Hugard, Editor and Publisher |
| Simply Simon Simon Aronson |
| The Discoverie of Witchcraft Reginald Scot |
| The Magic Of The United States Robert James Albo, M.D. |
| Carter The Great Mike Caveney |
| Miracles With Cards James Swain |
| Restaurant Magic The Restaurant Worker's Handbook A Practical Guide To To Restaurant Magic Jim Pace & Jerry MacGregor |
| The Feints And Temps Of Harry Riser Ed Brown |
| The Art Of Astonishment, Books 1, 2 Paul Harris |
| Cardshark Darwin Ortiz |
| The Equivoque Choice Jack Dean |
| The Ultimate Bill Switch Kevin King |
| The Dai Vernon Book of Magic Lewis Ganson |
| Beat'em, Cheat'em, Leave'em Bleeding Mister Big 'N' Fast Bobby Knuckles |
| Paramiracles Ted Lesley |
