David Day: Literary Burglar?

[Orominuialwen]

I agree that Day is not a reliable source whatsoever. Take a look at this quote from A Guide to Tolkien concerning Aragorn.

He went by many names: Thengel, Ecthelion, Thorongil, Elfstone, Elessar, and Strider.

Hello!! Thengel and Ecthelion were completely different people, and NOT aliases of Aragorn's at all. Plus, Day does not include any weapons in his encyclopedia. Glamdring, Anduril, and Aiglos are missing, just to name a few.

What I find distressing about Day is his 'self-plagarization'.
Any cursory look at one of his many 'guides' will quickly show that they are all canabalized from each other.

After a couple books thus becomes imo shameless profiteering.

I agree. I have looked at other books of his, besides the one I own, and they all appear to be the same, but with different covers and titles.

I'm beginning to wonder just haw well Day, or Yad Divad [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] , as my brother and I call him, has even read Tolkien's works.

I had the misfortune to read all of A Guide to Tolkien when I first discovered Middle Earth, having been given the book, and believe me, the book was absolutely full of errors and opinions represented as fact.