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Jamy Ian Swiss

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:

Search for a review:
Book Author Date
Making Money From Magic Drew McAdam

Nov 2005
Silent Magic: Biographies of Deaf Magicians in the United States Dr. Simon J. Carmel

Nov 2011
Communicating with Magic: The Speaker's Guide to Magic, the Magician's Guide to Speaking Dr. Earl L. Reum & Lindsay E. Smith

Jan 2003
Fusillade: A Treatise on the Multiple Selection Routine Doc Eason & Paul Cummins

Mar 2001
Take Two Cards And Call Me In The Morning Doc Dixon

Sep 2005
Can You Do It For Drunk People? Doc Dixon

Sep 2005
Everything Is Funnier With Monkeys Doc Dixon

May 1996
Lights! Camera! Action! Dick and Virginia Williams

Aug 1994
Confessions of a Conjuror Derren Brown

Jan 2011
Absolute Magic Derren Brown

Mar 2002
Pure Effect: Direct Mind-Reading and Magical Artistry Derren Brown

Mar 2000
The Dennis Loomis Cups and Balls Routine Dennis Loomis

Nov 2005
Handcrafted Card Magic Denis Behr

Sep 2007
Handcrafted Card Magic Volume 2 Denis Behr

Jul 2011
Puzzler's Tribute David Wolfe & Tom Rodgers

May 2002
Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret David Williamson

Sep 2003
Close Up: The Real Secrets of Magic David Stone

Sep 2008
Approaching Magic David Regal

May 2008
Close-Up & Personal David Regal

Jun 1999
Magic for Dummies David Pogue

Jan 1999
Brain Food David Parr

Aug 1998
Seriously Silly David Kaye

Jan 2005
Ah-ha! David Harkey and Eric Anderson

Oct 1997
Tommy Middleton: Bottoms Up David Harkey

Dec 1997
Be A Street Magician! (A How-To Guide) David Groves

Mar 1999
Finding Dariel Fitzkee: The Man with the Trick Brain David Goodsell

May 2009
Noteworthy: a Magical Lecture David Gabbay

Sep 2012
Phantoms of the Card Table David Britland & "Gazzo"

Jul 2003
Chan Canasta: Afterthoughts & Chan Canasta: A Remarkable Man: Volume 2 David Britland

Nov 2001
Chan Canasta: A Remarkable Man David Britland

Sep 2000
Dai Vernon: A Biography David Ben

Jul 2006
Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic David Ben

Nov 2008
Tricks David Ben

Nov 2003
A Candid View Of The Maskelynes, 1916 Davenport & John Salisse

Aug 2005
Cardshark Darwin Ortiz

Dec 1995
Strong Magic Darwin Ortiz

Jul 1994
Rings In Your Fingers Dariel Fitzkee

Sep 2000
Side Shows: My Life with Gooks, Freaks & Vagabonds in the Carny Trade Daniel Waldron; Howard Bone

Jul 2001
Blackstone: A Magician's Life Daniel Waldron

Oct 1999
Revelation Dai Vernon

Jul 2008
Jinx Companion Craig Conley, Gordon Meyer & Fredrick Turner

Nov 2011
Houdini Clinton Cox

May 2002
What If (Chuck Smith Lecture Notes) Chuck Smith

Sep 2005
The Ultimate Endless Chain Routine Chuck Smith

May 2003
Tools of the Trade Chuck Smith

Sep 2001
Why Not? Chuck Smith

Aug 1996
House of Cards: The Life & Magic Of Paul Rosini Chuck Romano

Sep 1999
The Art Of Deception: The Affinity Between Conjuring And Art Chuck Romano

Jun 1997
The Rat Trap & Other Snappy Effects You Can Do with Your Little Deck Chuck Fayne

Aug 2005
The Card on the Seat & Other Loads in your Pants Chuck Fayne

Aug 1994