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 |
|---|
| Champagne & Imp Romp 2 Lewis Jones |
| Magic Around the World Bill Ragsdale |
| Antiquarian Magic and Collectibles, Catalog 39 Antiquarian Magic and Collectibles |
| The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, Volume 2 Stephen Minch |
| The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini Aldo Colombini |
| Las Vegas Kardma Allan Ackerman |
| Workers Number 4 Michael Close |
| Words about Wizards Robert Parrish |
| The Tarbell Collection Harlan Tarbell |
| Rediscoveries: New Ways of Framing Old Favorites Eugene Burger |
| Performing in Japan: Amusing Anecdotes and Helpful Hints Brad Zupp |
| Lights! Camera! Action! Dick and Virginia Williams |
| In The Mind's Eye Minnesota Mind-PSI Collection |
| The Card on the Seat & Other Loads in your Pants Chuck Fayne |
| Finger Fitness Lorraine C. & Gregory G. Irwin |
| Strong Magic Darwin Ortiz |
| Steel and Silver Richard Kaufman |
