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 |
|---|
| Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes I, II, III, & IV Jean Hugard, Editor and Publisher |
| Card College: Volume One Roberto Giobbi |
| The Magic of Ascanio: The Structural Conception of Magic Arturo de Ascanio; Jesús Etcheverry |
| David P. Abbott's House of Mystery Teller & Todd Karr |
| Thinking Big; Magic With Jumbo Coins Mark Munro |
| Presto Prestige Morris N. Young |
| Fred Kaps' Purse Unknown |
| Fred Kaps' Currency Unknown |
| Magic And Methods Of Ross Bertram Ross Bertram |
| The Life And Many Deaths Of Harry Houdini Ruth Brandon |
| The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick: How a Spectacular Hoax Became History Peter Lamont |
| The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy Bob Cassidy |
| Seriously Silly David Kaye |
| The Collector's Scrapbook Gary R. Frank |
| The Secrets of Stage Conjuring Robert-Houdin |
| Meir Yedid's Magic Wish Stephen Hobbs |
| Roger's Thesaurus Roger Crosthwaite & Justin Higham |
| Cheating at Blackjack Dustin D. Marks |
| How to Persuade People Who Don't Want to be Persuaded Joel Bauer & Mark Levy |
| Gary Plants on the Zarrow Shuffle Stephen Minch |
| Linking Rings: William W. Durbin and the Magic and Mystery of America James D. Robenalt |
| Mnemonica: Symphony in Mnemonic Major (Bewitched Music II) Juan Tamariz |
| Art and Ardor at the Card Table James Nuzzo and Edward Marlo |
| New Era Card Tricks August Roterberg |
| The Secret Art of Magic Eric Evans and Nowlin Craver |
| The Wizard is Dead Yaniv Deautsch |
| Kellar's Wonders Mike Caveney & Bill Miesel |
| Tubthumping W. S. Duncan |
| Dobson's Choices the Sequel Wayne Dobson |
| Fechter The Magic of Eddie Fechter Jerry Mentzer |
| Tricks David Ben |
| Hiding the Elephant Jim Steinmeyer |
| Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret David Williamson |
| Stanyon’s Magic Ellis Stanyon |
| The Magic Wand Unknown |
| Artificial Conclusions Jim Steinmeyer |
| The Digital Pentagram Unknown |
| The Digital Pabular Unknown |
| Revolutionary Card Technique Edward Marlo |
| Phantoms of the Card Table David Britland & "Gazzo" |
