Science fiction writer Harlan Ellison to be inducted into Hall of Fame - CNN.com: The award, coming 55 years after Ellison began his writing career, celebrates the achievements of a writer who has nearly done it all; collecting 10 Hugo awards, three Nebula awards, 18 Locus Poll awards, the Bradbury award, six Bram Stoker awards, the Edgar Allan Poe award and two George Melies film awards.
Ellison, 77, won't be at the ceremony and has asked author Neil Gaiman to accept the award on his behalf. Editor Gardner Dozois and artists Vincent Di Fate and Jean "Moebius" Giraud will also be honored at the weekend-long event.
Ellison, who had been extremely ill for several months, said in a telephone interview that he's in the "last stages of something."
"And I don't have a cold," he sarcastically noted.