Gallery August 1977

FEATURES 36 MAN AS GOD: The Promise and Horror of DNA By Hal Fosnot It's almost too late to stop a potential runaway tragedy. A growing number of scientists are experimenting with DNA —the master chemical code of life. If we're lucky we might get a cure for some of today's ravaging diseases, such as cancer; if we're not, we may be visited by worldwide plagues with no known cure. A critical report by Hal Fosnot, a veteran reporter and editor in the field of medical science. 40 THE GORILLA KILLER By Beau Williford A humorous account of a gorilla-versus-man boxing match, a true sporting event as told by one of the participants, Beau Williford, Southern gentleman, actor, model, boxer, and bartender at one of New York's outstanding literary drinking spas, the "Bells of Hell." 48 INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT KLEIN Actor, mime, vaudevillian, writer, singer, musician, but most of all funnyman, a street-tough kid from the Bronx who made it, and who makes comedy with wild inventiveness, fierce candor, and crafty intelligence. 60 GUIDE FOR A TOGETHER SUMMER By Sita Butler If you ever wanted to get away from it all with someone you love, you'll find many suggestions here about where to go and what to do: among others, a nude photography session; backpacking; rock hunting—all you need is a bit of time and a girl. 63 THE NEW SEXHIBITIONISM By Christina Antonelli Where do you go and what do you do after you have already experienced singles bars, swinging, and swapping? If you think the sexual revolution couldn't go any further, here's the latest for you and your lady. 66 YOUNG, CLEAR, & SPIRITED The days of considering the martini as only a "stuffy" banker's drink are over. Vodka, Gin, white Rum and Tequila are gaining tremendous popularity among young couples. Here's why. 68 THE MAN WHO LOVED FLOWERS Fiction by Stephen King, author of Carrie. Strange, how beauty can disguise horror. Take, for instance, our hero . . . On an early evening in May of 1963, a young man with his hand in his pocket walked briskly up New York's Third Avenue. The air was soft and beautiful, the sky was darkening by slow degrees from blue to the calm and lovely violet of dusk. There are people who love the city, and this was one of the nights that made them love it. 87 PRIVATE LIVES: LAST DAYS OF A LOVER When a virile young man learns that he has an incurable illness he reacts in strange and unforeseen ways. PICTORIALS 71 The "GIRL NEXT DOOR" Amateur Erotic Photo Contest New entries, plus this month's winner. 42 WILLOW OF THE ONONDAGA Photographs by Jean-Pierre Muhlstein 51 MY FRENCH CONNECTION Photographs by Mary Gitell 92 JOY RIDE Photographs by Siwer Ohlsson DEPARTMENTS 8 FEEDBACK Letters from our readers. 19 GALLERY AT LEISURE: Music by Meridee Merzer Books by Donald Newlove Films by Diane Jacobs Sports by Ira Kaufman 27 PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS By Susan Toepfer 83 INSIDE-OUT A column of personal advice by Peter Frishauf and Katharine Rice. 86 THE OPINIONATED READER Our readers express their views on: What kind of woman would you respect more: the woman who marries for wealth, social position, and security, but who does not love her husband or the woman who makes her living as a prostitute? 104 CAMPUS ROUNDTABLE Editors of leading college newspapers throughout the U.S. describe their fellow students' attitudes on the following subject: To what do you attribute the current resurgence of religion and religious cults on campus?