Inductees in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame were announced this week. Each year since 1996, four individuals have been honored for their continued excellence and long-time contribution to the science fiction and fantasy field. The 2004 inductees are Harry Harrison and Brian Aldiss. Posthumous inductees are E. E. "Doc" Smith and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Hall of Fame Chairman, Robin Wayne Bailey, announced that both Aldiss and Harrison will be attending the ceremony, which will take place during the Campbell Conference in Lawrence, Kansas on July 9.

Harry Harrison                                         Brian Aldiss

2004 is the final year for inductions in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. After this year’s ceremony, it will be renamed the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and incorporated into the Experience Science Fiction museum which is opening in Seattle in June.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame was founded in 1996 by the J. Wayne and Elsie M. Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction (at the University of Kansas) and the Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society.

The 2004 Campbell Conference will be held July 9-11. The conference provides a setting for the presentation of two other honors: the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science fiction novel of the year; and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction of the year.

Details of the conference and awards dinner are available at http://www.ku.edu/~sfcenter/campbell-conference.htm and about the history of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Posted February 27, 2004