In the shadow of the Space Needle, four more legends are joining the ranks of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

The inductees were named yesterday to be honored in the ceremony scheduled for May 6 at Experience Music Project's Sky Church. It's the first such event for the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, which opened in a section of EMP last year. The Class of 2005:

• Steven Spielberg, director of "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial," "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence," "Minority Report," and a remake of "War of the Worlds" set for release in June.

• Ray Harryhausen, the stop-motion animation pioneer whose work includes "Clash of the Titans" and "Jason and the Argonauts."

• Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986), the highly influential artist whose photo-realistic spacescapes spanned magazines ("Life," "Collier's") and film ("Destination Moon").

• Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), the brilliant author whose work exploring themes of identity and memory has become Hollywood vogue in recent years with "Minority Report," "Blade Runner" and others.

In previous years, only writers had been honored in the Hall of Fame. This year, the awards were opened up to other disciplines. The honorees will have personal artifacts and video footage on display in the museum, and their images will be immortalized in laser-etched panels alongside the 36 past recipients, who include Arthur C. Clarke, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne and Edgar Rice Burroughs.

See www.sfhomeworld.org for more details.