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Description	This is the book cover of the science fiction novel The Outposter by Gordon R. Dickson, as published in 1973 as a paperback. The book contains no credits as to who the illustrator was. The publisher was Manor Books. The text of the book cover reads as follows: Gordon R. Dickson Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards The Outposter The lottery exiled them to outer space—to face probable death from the alien Meda V'Dans
Author or copyright owner	Gordon R. Dickson (author of book; illustrator uncredited)
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	The book itself
Date of publication	1973
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	The Outposter
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the work in question.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Any derivative work based upon the cover art would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Used only in the article of the book of which this is the illustrative image. Taken the photograph in low resolution.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of a work's cover will not impact the commercial viability of the work.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of The Outposter//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Outposter_1972_novel_by_Gordon_R_Dickson,_book_cover.jpgtrue

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:05, 25 September 2023		245 × 407 (93 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	22:44, 23 September 2023	No thumbnail	330 × 547 (87 KB)	Al83tito (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a piece of non-free cover art using File Upload Wizard

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