Post #789583 by Prikli Pear on Fri, Aug 31, 2018 2:10 PM

Then I'd have to go back to Melville's Typee, which truly started it all.

Heck, I think you should. Go ahead and make this a sprawling, utterly comprehensive list of tiki and proto-tiki influences. Typee, Omoo from Melville, Gauguin in Tahiti, the possibilities are endless. I'm joking, but simultaneously serious. :)