Let's make this birthday one to remember.

85 years old (Born on February 02, 1940)

Happy Birthday, Thomas M. Disch! May your day be as delightfully strange and thought-provoking as "Camp Concentration," yet far less dystopian than "The Genocides." Your brilliant imagination has given us worlds both unsettling and captivating—truly a literary magician who makes the bizarre seem beautifully plausible.

From pioneering the New Wave movement to crafting poetic masterpieces like "On Wings of Song," you've consistently challenged our minds while tickling our funny bones. Here's hoping this birthday brings you joy brighter than futuristic utopias—and cake tastier than anything found in apartment 334. Cheers to another year of genius storytelling!