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Jul. 7th, 2005
What makes someone a BNF?
Jul. 7th, 2005 05:08 pmI really hope I'm not opening a proverbial can of worms here.
I was just looking over![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
starrysummer's list of underappreciated authors, and saw a few names there that I was surprised people consider underappreciated. And that got me to thinking about where exactly the line is between being an underappreciated author and a BNF. Not that there's nothing in between; it seems to be a continuum with those labels on either end.
But that begs the question, where is the line above which one is considered a BNF? What are the qualifications? Why is it such a politically charged label? And how is it that one actually becomes a BNF? It seems to be like becoming a Maestro: someone else has to apply the label to you first, and then it's just a fact.
But I'm still curious. What makes someone a BNF in your view?
ETA:minisinoo gives the topic an interesting academic treatment here.
I was just looking over
starrysummer's list of underappreciated authors, and saw a few names there that I was surprised people consider underappreciated. And that got me to thinking about where exactly the line is between being an underappreciated author and a BNF. Not that there's nothing in between; it seems to be a continuum with those labels on either end.But that begs the question, where is the line above which one is considered a BNF? What are the qualifications? Why is it such a politically charged label? And how is it that one actually becomes a BNF? It seems to be like becoming a Maestro: someone else has to apply the label to you first, and then it's just a fact.
But I'm still curious. What makes someone a BNF in your view?
ETA:
minisinoo gives the topic an interesting academic treatment here.