Let's make this birthday one to remember.

73 years old (Born on August 24, 1951)

Happy birthday to the incredible Orson Scott Card, whose imagination boldly ventures far beyond our ordinary galaxies! Your masterful creations—Ender's strategies and Alvin's captivating journeys—continue warming hearts, igniting curiosity, and persuading readers everywhere that it's totally normal to daydream about leading fleets into epic interstellar conflicts.

Whether we're analyzing moral dilemmas aboard Battle School or navigating intricate plots with Seventh Son and Red Prophet, your timeless stories always remind us why we fell in love with science fiction. May you continue defying gravity—and genre expectations—with laughter-filled days ahead; after all these years of literary brilliance you've achieved star-speaker status forever!