Let's make this birthday one to remember.

86 years old (Born on April 30, 1938)

Happy Birthday, Larry Niven! May your celebrations be as epic and timeless as the Ringworld itself—though hopefully with fewer structural instabilities. Your groundbreaking imagination has taken us on journeys through space-time loops, alien encounters, and mind-bending physics that still leave readers delightfully dizzy.

From winning Hugo, Nebula, Locus—and even Ditmar awards—for a single novel (talk about overachieving!), you've set an interstellar standard for science fiction storytelling. Here's hoping this birthday brings you joy brighter than any star in Known Space; after all these years of exploring distant worlds together through your words—we're convinced you're truly out-of-this-world amazing!