The Experience Music Project (EMP)/Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (SFM) recently announced that the 2007 inductees for its Science Fiction Hall of Fame will be Ed Emshwiller, Gene Roddenberry, Ridley Scott and Gene Wolfe. The induction ceremony will take place June 16 in EMP/SFM's Sky Church. Award-winning author Neal Stephenson will host.
Commercial visual artist Ed Emshwiller (1925-1990) dominated the field of sf magazine and book cover art; he also made the great avant-garde film "Relativity." Gene Roddenberry (1921-91) lived long and prospered as creator of "Star Trek." Film director Ridley Scott (1937- ) can claim two landmarks of sf cinema, "Alien" (1979) and "Blade Runner" (1982). Gene Wolfe (1931- ) is considered one of the most important sf writers; the multi-volume novel "The Book of the New Sun" is his most highly regarded work.
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame honors the lives, work and ongoing legacies of science fic-tion'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 SFM in 2004. Induction nominations are submitted by SFM members. Final inductees are chosen by a panel of award-winning science fiction authors, artists, editors, publishers and film professionals. Previous inductees include Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ursula K. Le Guin, Mary Shelley and Isaac Asimov.
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.
Tickets for the June 16 event are available now for purchase by EMP/SFM members ($40); the general public ($50) can get at them May 7. The evening will include a seated dessert reception and ceremony. For details, visit sfhomeworld.org; to purchase tickets, call 770-2702.
