Post #510805 by Brandomoai on Fri, Feb 12, 2010 11:31 AM

On 2010-02-11 12:37, Pittsburgh pauly wrote:
Alright they're not "historic" tiki, but, during this crazy snow I went through Tiki Quest (one read through and the pages are falling out), Tiki Road Trip and Tiki Mugs. I had planned on reading a Kon Tiki that I got for Christmas, but it's a first ed. and after the Tiki Quest thing I was worried about cracking it open.

You know, I just gotta' comment: I had the same problem with my Tiki Quest. It was literally the first time I flipped through it and pages started falling out. I consider it an indispensable resource, but it seems kind of cheaply made. Anyway, I have a book (fiction) that might appeal to some here called "A Cannibal in Manhattan" by Tama Janowitz (a contemporary of Bret Easton Ellis, among others). It's about a former cannibal chieftain on a fictitious Poly- or Melanesian island who's enticed to travel to New York by an heiress/peace corps volunteer and finds himself rubbing elbows with Manhattan's elite. Now that I think about it, it's opening premise is a bit like Crocodile Dundee. But it gets better. I just read some lack-luster reviews, but I liked it. This was back before I started reading up on actual Poly/Melanesian cultures, though. Aside from that, I really enjoyed Kon Tiki and Aku Aku. I found an old book called "The Rivers Ran East", which is kind of a sensationalist account of an explorer's adventures in South America searching for the lost tribes of the Amazon. It features run-ins with the Jivaro, among other "primitive" cultures. And, hey; old National Geographics are good for more than just pictures of boobs, you know...