This issue of the AI Magazine initiates a new and artistic efforts can have a real effect on our and (we hope) regular feature, Reviews of Books. Before presenting our first book review, a few comments Visions of applications of computer technology can about the aims of this feature are in order. However, we are general public. For the reasons outlined above as particularly interested in reviewing publications well as others, review and discussion of popular that attempt to provide tutorial and other forms treatments of work in AI are a useful adjunct to of summary discussions of broad areas of artificial the standard sorts of review to be included in this intelligence, publications that examine existing research column. We extend an invitation to anyone interested since one goal of the AI Magazine is to provide a in submitting a review.