The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame was founded in 1996 by the Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society and the J. Wayne and Elsie M. Gunn ~Center for the Study of Science Fiction~ at the University of Kansas. In 2004 the Society transferred the Hall of Fame duties to the new Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle. Each year, four individuals are honored on the basis of their continued excellence and long-time contribution to the science fiction and fantasy field. You will notice that each year's selections include two living writers (at the time of their induction at least) and two who are deceased.

Former Inductees

2005 - Ray Harryhausen, Steven Spielberg, Chesley Bonestell, Philip K. Dick

2004 - Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison, E. E. "Doc" Smith, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

2003 - Wilson Tucker, Kate Wilhelm, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Damon Knight

2002 - Samuel R. Delany, Michael Moorcock, James Blish, Donald A. Wollheim

2001 - Jack Vance, Ursula K. LeGuin, Alfred Bester, Fritz Leiber

2000 - Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson, Theodore Sturgeon, Eric Frank Russell

1999 - Ray Bradbury, Robert Silverberg, Jules Verne, A. Merritt

1998 - Hal Clement, Frederik Pohl, C. L. Moore, Robert A. Heinlein

1997 - Andre Norton, Arthur C. Clarke, H. G. Wells, Isaac Asimov

1996 - Jack Williamson, A. E. van Vogt, John W. Campbell Jr., Hugo Gernsback