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 Dennis Loomis Cups and Balls Routine Dennis Loomis |
| Cues: Variations of the Second Sight Act Leo Behnke |
| The First Psychic Peter Lamont |
| The Magic Of Matt Schulien Philip Reed Willmarth |
| Magic Menu: The First Five Years Jim Sisti |
| Hugard's Magic Monthly: Volumes V, VI & VII Jean Hugard, Editor and Publisher |
| Dai Vernon's Ultimate Secrets Of Card Magic Lewis Ganson |
| Sleight Of Mouth Harry Allen |
| Happiness Success! Interviews With Performers About Fame, Fortune And Happiness Brad Zupp |
| The Tarbell Study Guide Harlan Tarbell |
| What's Up Deck? A Notebook On Card Magic Aldo Colombini |
| M.I.N.T. Volume II Edward Marlo |
| Ken Brooke's Magic Place Anthony Brahams |
| Full Metal Jacket J.C. Wagner and Syd Segal |
| A Boon for All Seasons Eric Mason and Barrie Richardson |
| Adventures of 51 Magicians and a Fakir Angel ldigora |
| Messing With Minds James Biss |
| The Magician and the Cardsharp Karl Johnson |
| Practical Parlor Prestidigitation Marko |
| The Great Eyeless Vision Act Marko |
| Spirits On The Stage, And More Guarded Secrets Revealed Bob Blau |
| Simon Lovell Presents His Post Accident Lecture Book! (A Blatant Attempt To Raise Money!) Simon Lovell |
| Take Two Cards And Call Me In The Morning Doc Dixon |
| Can You Do It For Drunk People? Doc Dixon |
| The Lost Cheesy Notebooks: Volumes One And Two Chad Long |
| What If (Chuck Smith Lecture Notes) Chuck Smith |
| Magical Heroes: The Lives and Legends of Great African American magicians Jim Magus |
| The Rat Trap & Other Snappy Effects You Can Do with Your Little Deck Chuck Fayne |
| A Candid View Of The Maskelynes, 1916 Davenport & John Salisse |
| Stage Flying: 431 B.C. To Modern Times John A. MicKinven |
| Exposed James Randi |
| Small but Deadly Paul Hallas |
| Billion Dollar Bunko Simon Lovell |
| The Indescribable Phenomenon Barry H. Wiley |
| Sleightly Tricky John Shryock |
| Much Ado About Something Karrell Fox |
| Great Tricks Revisited Robert Parrish |
| The Complete Workers Ebook Michael Close |
| Magic & Meaning Eugene Burger and Robert E. Neale |
| Recycling The Magic Way Michael Rappa |
