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 |
|---|
| The Erdnase Journal John Bodine and Theron Schaub |
| The Complete Ganson Magic Teach-in Series Lewis Ganson |
| Magic's Most Amazing Stories: a Collection of Incredible Stories from World Famous Magicians Ivan Amodei |
| Audience Management: A Guide for Magical Entertainers Gay Ljungberg |
| Chapter One Asi Wind |
| The Davenport Story Volume Two: The Lost Legends Robert Harbin, Edward Victor, G.W. Hunter |
| Disappearing Tricks: Silent Film, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century Matthew Solomon |
| The Davenport Story Volume One Fergus Roy |
| Gibeciere Stephen Minch |
| Psychological Subtleties 3 Banachek |
| Magic Matters: Tricks and Essays Robert E. Neale |
| The Magic in Books Leo Behnke |
| Spellbound: The Wonder-Filled Life of Doug Henning John Harrison |
| Magic By Design: Study, Practice and Presentation John Carney |
| Experience: The Magic of Jon Allen John Lovick |
| Tabman Magic Tabby Crabb |
| Impossible Bill Braid Robert E. Neale |
| Sometimes the Jokes are Just for Me Master Payne |
| Newspaper Magic Gene Anderson and Frances Marshall |
| Nick Trost's Subtle Card Creations, Volume 2 Nick Trost |
| Performing Magic on the Western Stage: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Francesco Coppa, Lawrence Hass, and James Peck |
| Finding Dariel Fitzkee: The Man with the Trick Brain David Goodsell |
| The Notebook Anonymous |
| The Magician: John Mulholland's Secret Life Ben Robinson |
| The Little Egypt Book of Ghosts Steve Bryant |
| The Original Stars Of Magic Various Authors |
| The Magic of Ascanio: More Studies of Card Magic Jesus Etcheverry |
| The Magic of Ascanio: Ascanio's Knives and Color Blindness Arturo de Ascanio |
| Stand-Up: A Professional Guide to Comedy Magic Ian Keable |
| Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic David Ben |
| Verbal Magic Juan Tamariz and Gema Navarro |
| Close Up: The Real Secrets of Magic David Stone |
| Revelation Dai Vernon |
| Approaching Magic David Regal |
| Jack Parker's 52 Memories Andi Gladwin |
| Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks Volume One Bruce Cervon |
| 52 Ways to Cheat at Poker Allan Zola Kronzek |
| The Osterlind Trilogy Richard Osterlind |
| Catching Up with Milo and Roger Dustin Stinett |
| The E-Books of Tom Stone Tom Stone |
