Robert Silverberg was born 73 years ago today. Here’s a picture I took of a slightly younger Silverberg at the 2005 World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow. See that photo behind him? That’s of a much younger Silverberg at the 1957 World Science Fiction Convention in London.

I’ve been reading Robert Silverberg for as long as I’ve been reading science fiction. And why not? Bob’s career is one year older than I am, since he published his first short story in 1954. (Though maybe I shouldn’t rub that in.)

Happy birthday, Bob!