The August 2005 issue of Locus Magazine features--

• Interviews with singer/songwriter/writer Janis Ian and with writer Judith Berman
  
  
• Results of this year's Locus Survey
  
  
• News stories on the Philip K. Dick android, winners of the Campbell and Sturgeon awards, winners of the Bram Stoker awards, and nominations for the Chesley awards
  
  
• People & Publishing items about Jules Verne, Michael Moorcock, Arthur C. Clarke, Harry Turtledove, Mercedes Lackey, Laurell K. Hamilton, and many others
  
  
• A report from China by Terry Bisson
  
  
• Bibliographic listings of the month's New Books and Magazines published in the US and UK
  
  
• Obituaries of Byron Preiss, with appreciations by Robert Silverberg and Paul Preuss; Chris Bunch, with appreciations by Allan Cole, Harlan Ellison, and Derryl Murphy; and others
  
  
• Lots of reviews, including
  • Gary K. Wolfe on this year's best fantasy anthologies;
  • Faren Miller on Sarah Monette and Brandon Sanderson;
  • Nick Gevers on Paul McAuley and Ian R. MacLeod;
  • Carolyn Cushman on Samit Basu and Adam Stemple
  • Karen Haber on art books
  ...and many others