Playboy December 1983

COVER STORY Our cover this month comes adorned with as spectacular a Christmas package as you'll find under any tree—the stunning Joan Collins in a sleek gown designed by Jerry Skeels and Randy McLaughlin of Jeran Designs of Los Angeles. But the cover is only a hint of the delights in store for you in our long-awaited. (and worth the wait) Collins pictorial (see page 134). 5 PLAYBILL 13 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY 15 DEAR PLAYBOY 21 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 55 MEN ASA BABER 57 WOMEN CYNTHIA HEIMEL 59 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 63 DEAR PLAYMATES 65 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 79 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: TOM SELLECK—candid conversation 108 THE DESEXING OF AMERICA—article CRAIG VETTER 112 NOTES OF A FALLEN FAN—article DAVID HALBERSTAM 119 PLAYBOY'S CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE—gifts 126 DEVLIN'S WAKE—fiction GEORGE V. HIGGINS 129 THE CANE MUTINY—drink EMANUEL GREENBERG 130 THE CURSE OF LONO—article HUNTER S. THOMPSON 134 JOAN COLLINS—pictorial 145 REMNANTS—fiction ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER 146 PLAYBOY'S CHRISTMAS CARDS—verse TOM KOCH 148 LET'S PARTYI—attire HOLLIS WAYNE 154 ONE BRIEF SHINING MOMENT—article WILLIAM MANCHESTER 156 BACK TO BASICS—playboy's playmate of the month, Terry Nihen 170 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor 172 THE GENIUS TAKES ON TINSELTOWN—personality BARBARA LEAMING 174 CHOICE CARTOONS OF CHRISTMAS PAST—humor 179 QUARTERLY REPORTS: GREAT PLAYS—article ANDREW TOBIAS 180 FLASHDANCERS—pictorial: Marine Jahan, Linnea Quigley, Demetria Garrett, Kim Arrow, Kathleen Carr, and Tamara Rawlings. 190 DON T YOU KNOW THERE'S A WAR ON?—fiction DONALD E. WESTLAKE 193 PHILIP GARNER'S BETTER LOVING CATALOG—humor PHILIP GARNER 200 A PERSONAL COMPUTER CHRISTMAS—article PETER A. MC WILLIAMS 202 SEX STARS OF 1983—pictorial essay JIM HARWOOD 213 BERNARD AND HUEY—satire JULES FEIFFER 215 PLAYBOY'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREVIEW—sports ANSON MOUNT 219 THE LATEST FROM LONDON—ribald classic 221 LITTLE ANNIE FANNY'S WORKOUT SHOW KURTZMAN, ELDER and DOWNS 236 PLAYBOY FUNNIES—humor 241 PLAYBOY GUIDE: ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT 323 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE