Let's make this birthday one to remember.

70 years old (Born on October 29, 1954)

Happy Birthday, Paul Di Filippo! May your day be filled with more wonder than a steampunk contraption and fewer complications than Joe's Liver. Your boundless imagination has given us unforgettable journeys—from the whimsical gears of The Steampunk Trilogy to the surreal adventures in Cosmocopia.

Here's hoping this year brings you as much courage as Muskrat Courage (though perhaps less fur), endless inspiration for new worlds, and plenty of laughter along the way. Keep dazzling readers with your inventive storytelling—after all, reality is overrated when we have writers like you around!

Cheers to another fantastic orbit around our peculiar universe!