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 |
|---|
| Making Contact; The Real Secrets Of Contact Mindreading Satori |
| The Cruise Magician's Handbook Fred Becker |
| The Magic Business Michael Bailey |
| A Look Back Before Going Forward Unknown |
| Stand Up Coin Power Eivind Lowig |
| Brain Food David Parr |
| Wit And Wizardry: The Magic Of Norm Houghton Unknown |
| Private Studies, Numbers 1 Through 6 Ron Bauer |
| The Reparation John Lovick |
| Entertainer Tales From The Road: Confessions Of A Fulltime Family Tom Lilly |
| Vis A Vis Jack Avis and John Derris |
| Street Magic Edward Claflin and Jeff Sheridan |
| The Milbourne Christopher Library Maurine Christopher and George Hansen |
| Solomon's Mind: The Card Mysteries Of David Solomon Eugene Burger |
| Clever And Pleasant Inventions J. Prevost |
| The Magical Writings Of Edwin A. Dawes Edwin Dawes |
| Selling Your Specialty Act To Hollywood Shaunnery Steevans |
| Magic Tricks, Card Shuffling And Dynamic Computer Memories S. Brent Morris |
| Gordon Nocturnal Creations The Impromptu Card Illusions Of Paul Gordon Paul Gordon |
| Close-Up Classics Michael Vincent |
| From A Shuffled Deck In Use Paul Cummins |
| Thayer Quality Magic Floyd Thayer |
| Milt Larsen's Magic Castle Tour Carol Marie |
| The Genius Of Robert Harbin Eric Lewis |
| Trephine Richard Bartram, Jr |
| Mainly Mental C.L. Boarde |
| The Magic Book Harry Lorayne |
| Houdini Souvenir Program Unknown |
| It's Not Fun To Be Fooled Bill Nagler, M.D |
| Tommy Middleton: Bottoms Up David Harkey |
| Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes XIV, XV, AND XVI Jean Hugard, Editor and Publisher |
| The Chronicles Karl Fulves |
| Breslaw's Last Legacy Unknown |
| The Art Of Invisible Thread Jon LeClair |
| The Coney Island Fakir: The Magical Life Of Al Flosso Gary R. Brown |
| Jennings '67 Richard Kaufman |
| Arcade Dreams Jon Racherbaumer and Ed Marlo |
| Ah-ha! David Harkey and Eric Anderson |
| Penn & Teller's How To Play In Traffic Penn and Teller |
| Folding Money Fooling Robert E. Neale |
