the fannish cars of Worldcon

And the staff vehicle of Darth Vader’s inner circle:

A better-lit closeup of that writing on the panel:

Best of all, perhaps, the image on one of the side panels:

Seriously, though, these two cars illustrate the genuine intellectual beauty of science fiction fans: they run the gamut from people fascinated by the roots of human ingenuity and creativity and artistic passion to people who dress up like Stormtroopers and visit kids in hospitals because the kids get a kick out of it.

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