David Day: Literary Burglar?

[Novnarwen]

From Bêthberry's post
And how does one know where Day is reliable and where he is not, unless one knows Tolkien well first?

From my earlier post..
Has Tolkien ever said that Tom Bombadil was a Maia Spirit? No? I haven't read that either! Besides, the sources David mentions in the back of the book, where he claims to have found that Tom is probably a Maia Spirit: Tom isn't even mentioned there!

The fact that David Day assumes that Tom Bombadil is a Maia Spirit shows his lack of information. Can you recall Tolkien mentioning that Tom was indeed that? Can you recall Tolkien mentioning what Tom Bombadil really was?

And if one knows Tolkien, why then bother with Day?

Knows Tolkien, hmm... How good can you know a man like that with such brilliant and unforseen imagination? I might use a 'Day' one day.. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

*nova* [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

(Just a thought of course..)
EDIT: Wow, I have 300 posts!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[ October 05, 2003: Message edited by: Novnarwen ]