The Experience Music Project (EMP)/Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (SFM) in Seattle, Washington, announced the inductees for its 2009 Science Fiction Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
This year’s inductees will be:
Edward L. Ferman, editor and publisher
Frank R. Paul (1884-1963), artist
Micheal Whelan, artist
Connie Willis, author
As part of the induction, a display featuring personal artifacts and video footage from each inductee will be added to the existing Hall of Fame exhibit. The inductees will be featured in laser-etched images on the translucent, glowing Hall of Fame display. Full biographies of this year’s inductees, as well as the list of prior inductees, are available on this page. The SFM’s Public Relations Manager Maggie Skinner tells SFScope that details on the induction ceremony have not yet been finalized, but when they are, they’ll posted on their web site.
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame honors “the lives, work and ongoing legacies of science fiction’s greatest creators. Founded in 1996, the Hall of Fame was relocated from the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas to its permanent home at SFM in 2004. Induction nominations are submitted by SFM members. The final inductees are chosen by a panel of award-winning science fiction authors, artists, editors, publishers and film professionals.”