Swiss, Jamy Ian: Book Reviews, Genii Magazine, 1994-2000 ©2002 Michael Close, Lybrary.com eBook Available from Lybrary.com

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Comments: The complete collection of book reviews by Jamy Ian Swiss as published in Genii, from 1994 through 2001.

Contents: (Courtesy Lybrary.com, numbers are not page numbers):

1 13 Prophets, Karl Fulves
2 21st Century Card Magic (James Swain)
3 101 Most Asked Questions About Las Vegas & Casino Gambling (George Joseph)

4 A Candid View Of The Maskelynes (1916-17 (Anne Davenport And John Salisse)
5 A Candle In The Dark (Thomas Ady)
6 A Price Guide To Magic Books 1639-1990 (Michael Canick)
7 Abracadabra Kid (Sid Fleischman}
8 After Craft (J K Hartman}
9 An Encyclopedia Of Claims - Frauds (And Hoaxes Of The Occult And Supernatural (James Randi)
10 Annotated Discovery Of Witchcraft Booke Xiii (Stephen James Forrester)
11 Antiquarian Magic And Collectibles (Catalog #39)
12 Antonio Diavolo (A Souvenir Of His Performance (John Gaughan And Jim Steinmeyer)
13 Arcade Dreams (Jon Racherbaumer And Ed Marlo)
14 Arcadia (Roger Crosthwaite)
15 Art & Artifice And Other Essays On Illusion (Jim Steinmeyer)
16 Art Of Astonishment Books 1, 2 & 3 (Paul Harris)
17 Art Of Close-Up Magic Volumes 1 And 2 (Lewis Ganson)
18 Art Of Deception The Affinity Between Conjuring And Art (Chuck Romano)
19 Art Of Invisible Thread (Jon Leclair)

20 Baby Bag (Algonquin Mcduff)
21 Be A Street Magician! (David Groves)
22 Beat 'Em Cheat 'Em Leave 'Em Bleedin' (Bobby Knuckles)
23 Bertram On Sleight Of Hand (Ross Bertram)
24 Blackstone A Magician's Life (Daniel Waldron)
25 Books Of Wonder Volumes One And Two (Tommy Wonder And Stephen Minch)
26 Brain Food (David Parr)
27 Breslaw's Last Legacy
28 Can You Do It For Drunk People? (Doc Dixon)
29 Candid View Of The Maskelynes 1916-17 (Anne Davenport And John Salisse)
30 Candle In The Dark (Thomas Ady)
31 Card College Volume One (Roberto Giobbi)
32 Card College Volume Two (Roberto Giobbi)
33 Card College Volume Three (Roberto Giobbi)
34 Card College Volume Four (Roberto Giobbi)
35 Card Magic Of Nick Trost (Nick Trost)
36 Card On The Seat & Other Loads In Your Pants (Chuck Fayne)
37 Card Stories (Ariel Frailich)
38 Cardshark (Darwin Ortiz)
39 Carter The Great (Mike Caveney)
40 Cellini: The Royal Touch A Guide To The Art Of Street Magic (E M Mcfalls)
41 Charles Bertram The Court Conjurer (Edwin A Dawes)
42 Chan Canasta A Remarkable Man (David Britland)
43 Cheating At Blackjack (Dustin D Marks)
44 Cheating At Blackjack Squared (Dustin D Marks)
45 Chronicles (Karl Fulves)
46 Classic Sampler (Michael Skinner)
47 Clayton Rawson Magic And Mystery (Michael Canick)
48 Clever And Pleasant Inventions (J Prevost)
49 Close-Up & Personal (David Regal)
50 Close-Up Classics (Michael Vincent)
51 Close-Up Magic Of Aldo Colombini (Aldo Colombini)
52 Collected Works Of Alex Elmsley (Volume 2 (Stephen Minch)
53 Collector's Scrapbook (Gary R Frank)
54 Combo (Karl Fulves)
55 Complete Cups And Balls (Michael Ammar)
56 Complete Dungeon (Anthony Owen)
57 Coney Island Fakir The Magical Life Of Al Flosso (Gary R Brown)
58 Conservation Of Magic (Leo Behnke)
59 Cruise Magician's Handbook (Fred Becker)

60 Dai Vernon Book Of Magic (Lewis Ganson)
61 Dai Vernon's Inner Card Trilogy (Lewis Ganson)
62 Dai Vernon's Symphony Of The Rings (Lewis Ganson)
63 Dai Vernon's Tribute To Nate Leipzig (Lewis Ganson)
64 Dai Vernon's Ultimate Secrets Of Card Magic (Lewis Ganson)
65 Darwin's Inexpensive Illusions (Gary Darwin)
66 David Harkey Eric Anderson Ah-Ha! (David Harkey)
67 Destiny Chance And Free Will & And Other Presentations (Allan Zola Kronzek)
68 Diamond Jubilee Memories: Magic All The Way (Mark Raffles)
69 Digital Effects (The Magic Of Joe Mogar (Steve Beam)
70 Discoverie Of Witchcraft (Reginald Scot)
71 Down Under Deals (Andrew Wimhurst)
72 Drawing Room Deceptions (Guy Hollingworth)

73 Effortless Card Magic (Peter Duffie)
74 Elastrix: The Encyclopedia Of Rubber-Band Magic Volume 2 (Stephen Minch)
75 Equivoque Choice (Jack Dean)
76 Everything Is Funnier With Monkeys (Doc Dixon)
77 Expert's Portfolio No 1 (Jack Carpenter)
78 Expositor (William Frederick Pinchbeck)

79 Feints And Temps Of Harry Riser (Ed Brown)
80 Fine Art Of Hocus Pocus (John Booth)
81 Finger Fitness (Lorraine C & Gregory G Irwin)
82 Folding Money Fooling (Robert E Neale)
83 Fred Kaps' Currency (Fred Kaps)
84 Fred Kaps' Purse (Fred Kaps)
85 From A Shuffled Deck In Use.. (Paul Cummins)

86 Gambler's Book Club
87 Gardner-Smith Correspondence
88 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing (Stephen Hobbs)
89 Genius Of Robert Harbin (Eric Lewis Et Al.)
90 Great Balloons (Jean Merlin)
91 Great Eyeless Vision Act (Marko)
92 Great Raymond (William Rauscher)
93 Great Tricks Revisited (Robert Parrish)
94 Greater Artful Dodges Of Eddie Fields (Jon Racherbaumer)
95 Growing In The Art Of Magic (Eugene Burger)

96 Harry Lorayne's Apocalypse Volumes 1-5 (Harry Lorayne And Richard Kaufman)
97 Himber Wallet Book (Harry Lorayne)
98 Hocus Pocus Junior
99 Houdini!!! (Ken Silverman)
100 Houdini Souvenir Program)
101 House Of Cards: The Life & Magic Of Paul Rosini (Chuck Romano)
102 How To Be A Fake Kreskin (Kreskin)
103 Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes I, II, III, IV (Jean Hugard)
104 Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes V, VI, VII (Jean Hugard)
105 Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes VIII, IX, X (Jean Hugard)
106 Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes XI, XII, XIII (Jean Hugard)
107 Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes XIV, XV, XVI (Jean Hugard)
108 Hugard's Magic Monthly Volumes XVII, XVII, XVIII, XIX (Jean Hugard)

109 Illustrated History Of Magic (Milbourne And Maurine Christopher)
110 Imp Romp 2 (Lewis Jones)
111 In The Mind's Eye
112 Intercept (Harvey Berg)
113 It's Not Fun To Be Fooled (Bill Nagler)

114 James File (Allan Slaight)
115 Jean Hugard (James B Alfredson)
116 Jennings '67 (Richard Kaufman)
117 John Carney Presents Al Baker's Lightning Pull (John Carney)
118 Joshua Jay's Magic Atlas (Joshua Jay)

119 Ken Brooke's Magic Place (Anthony Brahams)
120 Ken Krenzel's Ingenuities (Stephen Minch)
121 Kort (Stephen Minch)

122 Las Vegas Kardma (Allan Ackerman)
123 Lecture 1999 (Troy Hooser)
124 Legendary Hierophant (Jon Racherbaumer)
125 Legendary Kabbala (Jon Racherbaumer)
126 Levante: His Life No Illusion (Kent Blackmore)
127 Life And Many Deaths Of Harry Houdini (Ruth Brandon)
128 Life Death & Other Card Tricks (Robert E Neale)
129 Lights! Camera! Action! (Dick And Virginia Williams)
130 Lost Cheesy Notebooks Volumes One And Two (Chad Long)
131 Lou Gallo (The Underground Man (Richard Kaufman And Mark Phillips)

132 M.I.N.T Volume II (Edward Marlo)
133 Magic & Meaning (Eugene Burger And Robert E Neale)
134 Magic And Methods Of Ross Bertram (Ross Bertram)
135 Magic Around The World (Bill Ragsdale)
136 Magic Book (Harry Lorayne)
137 Magic Business (Michael Bailey)
138 Magic For Dummies (David Pogue)
139 Magic In Fiction A Short Title Checklist (Michael Canick)
140 Magic In Theory (Peter Lamont And Richard Wiseman)
141 Magic Menu (The First Five Years (Jim Sisti)
142 Magic Of Matt Schulien (Philip Reed Willmarth)
143 Magic Of Micah Lasher (Micah Lasher)
144 Magic Of The Renaissance (Tom Crowl)
145 Magic Of The United States (Robert James Albo)
146 Magic Tricks Card Shuffling And Dynamic Computer Memories (S Brent Morris)
147 Magic Yellow Pages 1996 -1998 (Wittus Witt)
148 Magical Heroes The Lives And Legends Of Great African American Magicians (Jim Magus)
149 Magical Writings Of Edwin A Dawes (Edwin A Dawes)
150 Magicians' Yearbook 1997 (Anthony Owen)
151 Magicians' Yearbook 1998 (Anthony Owen)
152 Magie Duvivier (Jon Racherbaumer)
153 Mainly Mental (C L Boarde)
154 Making Contact The Real Secrets Of Contact Mindreading (Satori)
155 Manacles Of The World (T L Gross)
156 Maurice Fogel (Chris Woodward)
157 Mcguire Blocking Off, Riffle Shuffle Controls Part Two (Karl Fulves)
158 Meir Yedid's Magic Wishes (Stephen Hobbs)
159 Michael Gallo's Siamese Coins (Stephen Hobbs)
160 Milbourne Christopher Library (Maurine Christopher And George Hansen)
161 Milbourne Christopher Library II (Maurine Christopher And George Hansen)
162 Milo & Roger (A Magical Life (Arthur Brandon)
163 Milt Larsen's Magic Castle Tour (Carol Marie)
164 Miracle Material (The Close-Up Magic Of Michael Kaminskas (Michael Kaminskas)
165 Miracles With Cards (James Swain)
166 Modern Art (Jim Steinmeyer)
167 Much Ado About Something (Karrell Fox)
168 Mutus Nomen (Karl Fulves)
169 Mysteries Of My Life (Richard Kaufman And René Lavand)

170 Neo-Magic Artistry (S H Sharpe)
171 New Card Rises (Karl Fulves)
172 Nocturnal Creations The Impromptu Card Illusions Of Paul Gordon (Paul Gordon)
173 Noir Test (Karl Fulves)
174 Notes To Houdini!!! (Ken Silverman)
175 Now You See It (Now You Don't! Notebook (By Bill Tarr)

176 Of Legierdemaine And Diverse Juggling Knacks (John Braun)

177 Penn & Teller's How To Play In Traffic (Penn & Teller)
178 Performing In Japan Amusing Anecdotes And Helpful Hints (Brad Zupp)
179 Phantom Of The Card Table (Eddie Mcguire)
180 Pocket Power (Jarle Leirpoll)
181 Practical Parlor Prestidigitation (Marko)
182 Presto Prestige (Morris N Young)
183 Price Guide To Magic Books 1639-1990 (Michael Canick)
184 Private Studies Numbers 1 Through 6 (Ron Bauer)
185 Psychological Subtleties (Banacheck)
186 Pure Effect: Direct Mind-Reading And Magical Artistry (Derren Brown)

187 Quartet: A Fake Card And Ten Routines Therewith (Guy Hollingworth)

188 Rat Trap (And Other Snappy Effects You Can Do With Your Little Deck (Chuck Fayne)
189 Real World Magic (Jerry Macgregor)
190 Recycling The Magic Way (Michael Rappa)
191 Rediscoveries New Ways Of Framing Old Favorites (Eugene Burger)
192 Reparation (John Lovick)
193 Restaurant Worker's Handbook A Practical Guide To Restaurant Magic (Jim Pace And Jerry Macgregor)
194 Rings In Your Fingers (Dariel Fitzkee)
195 Roger's Thesaurus (Roger Crosthwaite & Justin Higham)

196 Science Behind The Ghost: A Brief History Of Pepper's Ghost (Jim Steinmeyer)
197 Seance (Scott Moore-Davis)
198 Secrets Of Stage Conjuring (Robert-Houdin (Translated By Prof Hoffman)
199 Secrets Of The Palmettos (Jeff Busby)
200 Selling Your Specialty Act To Hollywood (Shaunnery Steevans)
201 Servais Le Roy Monarch Of Mystery (Mike Caveney And William Rauscher)
202 Setting Up Exercises (Karl Fulves)
203 Shampagne (Lewis Jones)
204 Sharps And Flats (John Nevil Maskelyne)
205 Simon Lovell Presents His Post Accident Lecture Book! (A Blatant Attempt To Raise Money!) (Simon Lovell)
206 Simon Says The Close-Up Magic Of Simon Lovell (Simon Lovell)
207 Simply Simon (Simon Aronson)
208 Six-Hour Memorized Deck (Martin Joyal)
209 Sleight Of Mouth (Harry Allen)
210 Sleightly Tricky (John Shryock)
211 Solomon's Mind The Card Mysteries Of David Solomon (Eugene Burger)
212 Son Of Simon Says More Close-Up Magic Of Simon Lovell (Simon Lovell)
213 Spirits On The Stage (And More Guarded Secrets Revealed (Bob Blau)
214 Sports And Pastimes
215 Stack Attack (L R Brooks)
216 Stage Flying 431 B.C To Modern Times (John Mickinven)
217 Stand Up Coin Power (Eivind Lowig)
218 Stanyon's Magic (Ellis Stanyon)
219 Steel And Silver (Richard Kaufman)
220 Steve Mayhew's Angels May Shuffle But The Devil Still Deals (Jack Carpenter)
221 Street Magic (Edward Claflin And Jeff Sheridan)
222 Strong Magic (Darwin Ortiz)
223 Success! Interviews With Performers About Fame (Fortune And Happiness (Brad Zupp)
224 Swami/Mantra (Sam Dalal)

225 Take Two Cards And Call Me In The Morning (Doc Dixon)
226 Tales From The Road: Confessions Of A Fulltime Family Entertainer (Tom Lilly)
227 Tarbell Companion (Harlan Tarbell)
228 Tarbell Study Guide (Harlan Tarbell)
229 Ted Lesley's Paramiracles (Ted Lesley)
230 Thanks To Zarrow (Jerry Sadowitz)
231 Thayer Quality Magic)
232 The 101 Most Asked Questions About Las Vegas & Casino Gambling (George Joseph)
233 The Abracadabra Kid (Sid Fleischman)
234 The Annotated Discovery Of Witchcraft Booke Xiii (Stephen James Forrester)
235 The Art Of Astonishment Books 1, 2 & 3 (Paul Harris)
236 The Art Of Close-Up Magic Volumes 1 And 2 (Lewis Ganson)
237 The Art Of Deception The Affinity Between Conjuring And Art (Chuck Romano)
238 The Art Of Invisible Thread (Jon Leclair)
239 The Art Of Magic (Joe Layden And Carl Waldman With Jamy Lan Swiss)
240 The Baby Bag (Algonquin Mcduff)
241 The Books Of Wonder Volumes One And Two (Tommy Wonder And Stephen Minch)
242 The Card Magic Of Nick Trost (Nick Trost)
243 The Card On The Seat & Other Loads In Your Pants (Chuck Fayne)
244 The Chronicles (Karl Fulves)
245 The Close-Up Magic Of Aldo Colombini (Aldo Colombini)
246 The Collected Works Of Alex Elmsley (Volume 2 (Stephen Minch)
247 The Collector's Scrapbook (Gary R Frank)
248 The Complete Cups And Balls (Michael Ammar)
249 The Complete Dungeon (Anthony Owen)
250 The Coney Island Fakir The Magical Life Of Al Flosso (Gary R Brown)
251 The Conservation Of Magic (Leo Behnke)
252 The Cruise Magician's Handbook (Fred Becker)
253 The Dai Vernon Book Of Magic (Lewis Ganson)
254 The Discoverie Of Witchcraft (Reginald Scot)
255 The Equivoque Choice (Jack Dean)
256 The Expert's Portfolio No 1 (Jack Carpenter)
257 The Expositor (William Frederick Pinchbeck)
258 The Feints And Temps Of Harry Riser (Ed Brown)
259 The Fine Art Of Hocus Pocus (John Booth)
260 The Gardner-Smith Correspondence
261 The Genius Of Robert Harbin (Eric Lewis Et Al.)
262 The Great Eyeless Vision Act (Marko)
263 The Great Raymond (William Rauscher)
264 The Greater Artful Dodges Of Eddie Fields (Jon Racherbaumer)
265 The Himber Wallet Book (Harry Lorayne)
266 The Illustrated History Of Magic (Milbourne And Maurine Christopher)
267 The James File (Allan Slaight)
268 The Legendary Hierophant (Jon Racherbaumer)
269 The Legendary Kabbala (Jon Racherbaumer)
270 The Life And Many Deaths Of Harry Houdini (Ruth Brandon)
271 The Lost Cheesy Notebooks Volumes One And Two (Chad Long)
272 The Magic Book (Harry Lorayne)
273 The Magic Business (Michael Bailey)
274 The Magic Of Matt Schulien (Philip Reed Willmarth)
275 The Magic Of Micah Lasher (Micah Lasher)
276 The Magic Of The United States (Robert James Albo)
277 The Magical Writings Of Edwin A Dawes (Edwin A Dawes)
278 The Magicians' Yearbook 1997 (Anthony Owen)
279 The Magicians' Yearbook 1998 (Anthony Owen)
280 The Milbourne Christopher Library (Maurine Christopher And George Hansen)
281 The Milbourne Christopher Library II (Maurine Christopher And George Hansen)
282 The Mysteries Of My Life (Richard Kaufman And René Lavand)
283 The Noir Test (Karl Fulves)
284 The Now You See It (Now You Don't! Notebook (By Bill Tarr)
285 The Rat Trap (And Other Snappy Effects You Can Do With Your Little Deck (Chuck Fayne)
286 The Reparation (John Lovick)
287 The Restaurant Worker's Handbook A Practical Guide To Restaurant Magic (Jim Pace And Jerry Macgregor)
288 The Science Behind The Ghost A Brief History Of Pepper's Ghost (Jim Steinmeyer)
289 The Secrets Of Stage Conjuring (Robert-Houdin (Translated By Prof Hoffman)
290 The Six-Hour Memorized Deck (Martin Joyal)
291 The Stack Attack (L R Brooks)
292 The Tarbell Companion (Harlan Tarbell)
293 The Tarbell Study Guide (Harlan Tarbell)
294 The Ultimate Bill Switch (Kevin King)
295 The Warpsmith Returns (Tom Stone)
296 Theater Of The Mind (Barrie Richardson)
297 Thinking Big Magic With Jumbo Coins (Mark Munro)
298 Tommy Middleton: Bottoms Up (David Harkey)
299 Torn And Restored (John Carney)
300 Trephine (Richard Bartram (Jr.)
301 Trickery Treats Card Craft Continued (J K Hartman)
302 Tricks Of My Trade The Magic Of Doug Conn (Paul Cummins)
303 Troy Hooser's The Silver Surf (Joshua Jay)
304 Tullock; The Real Truth About Trade Show Magic And A Lot More! (Eddie Tullock (With Gene Urban & Kenton Knepper)

305 Ultimate Bill Switch (Kevin King)
306 Using Magic To Prevent Drug Abuse (Stan Davis)

307 Vis A Vis (Jack Avis And John Derris)
308 Visualizing Information - Images And Quantities, Evidence And Narrative (Edward Tufte)

309 Warpsmith Returns (Tom Stone)
310 What If (Chuck Smith)
311 What's Up Deck? A Notebook On Card Magic (Aldo Colombini)
312 Why Not? (Chuck Smith)
313 William L Lindhorst (1890-1954 (Roger Edgar Linden)
314 Wit And Wizardry The Magic Of Norm Houghton (Norm Houghton)
315 Words About Wizards Recollections Of Magicians And Their Magic (1930-1950 (Robert Parrish)
316 Workers Number Four (Michael Close)
317 Workers Number Five (Michael Close)