The February 2006 issue is Locus Magazine's annual year in review issue, with --

• The 2005 Recommended Reading List
  
  
• Year-in-review essays by Locus reviewers, and a couple guests
  
  
• Summaries of the year in book and magazine publishing
  
  
• The ballot for the 2006 Locus Poll & Survey
  
  

Also in this issue,

• A conversation with writers Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
  
  
• News stories about the 2005 Preliminary Nebula Ballot, finalists for this year's Philip K. Dick Award, the winners of the UPC Awards, and a round-up of best-books-of-2005 lists
  
  
• People & Publishing items about Cory Doctorow, Greg Bear, Dan Simmons, Stephen King, Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, and many others
  
  
• Bibliographic listings of the month's New Books and Magazines published in the US and UK
  
  
• Obituaries of Kenneth Bulmer, Fred Pfeil, Howard DeVore, and others
  
  
• Lots of reviews, including
  • Gary K. Wolfe on Naomi Novick and Tobias S. Buckell;
  • Faren Miller on Tanith Lee and Karen Traviss;
  • Russell Letson on Allen Steele and Jack McDevitt;
  • Nick Gevers on James Morrow and Keith Brooke;
  • Carolyn Cushman on Adam Gopnik and Justine Larbalestier;
  • Gary K. Wolfe & Amelia Beamer on Gary Westfahl and Robert Silverberg;
  ...among many others