The August 2004 issue of Locus Magazine includes

• Results of this year's Locus Survey
  
  
• Coverage of the opening of the new SF Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle
  
  
• Interviews with writers Neal Stephenson and Stephen Baxter
  
  
• People & Publishing items about Andre Norton, Philip José Farmer, Iain M. Banks, Richard K. Morgan, Jane Yolen, and many others
  
  
• News about a Jack William dedication, the Campbell and Sturgeon awards, Pyr, Douglas Adams, new ISBNs, and much else
  
  
• Obituaries of Hugh B. Cave, Allan Rothstein, and others
  
  
• Book and magazine reviews, including Nick Gevers and Rich Horton covering short fiction in magazines and anthologies, Gary K. Wolfe on the year's best fantasy anthologies, Faren Miller on Susanna Clark, Russell Letson on Ken MacLeod, Carolyn Cushman on James Gardner, Damien Broderick on John C. Wright, and others