Playboy November 1992

COVER STORY Having explored the wilder shores of romance and erotic fantasy in Zalman King's Red Shoe Diaries on Showtime, screen siren Joan Severance returns for her second appearance in PLAYBOY. Thanks to Contributing Photographer Richard Izui and stylist Violet Warzecha for our cover. We would also like to extend thanks to Cartier for the Vendome pen and to Charles Jourdan for the sexy shoes., This month, our Rabbit is more exclamatory than usual. 5 PLAYBILL 11 DEAR PLAYBOY 15 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 37 MANTRACK 40 MEN by ASA BABER 42 WOMEN by CYNTHIA HEIMEL 47 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 51 REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: SO LONG, POPPY—opinion ROBERT SCHEER 53 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 53 JUST SAY NO by HUGH M. HEFNER 63 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: WILLIAM SAFIRE—candid conversation 84 OCTOBER SURPRISE—article JOE QUEENAN 86 A SHORT HISTORY OF POLITICAL DIRTY TRICKS TERRY CATCHPOLE 87 SPIN DOCTORS by KEN BODE 90 DIRECTOR'S CHOICE: JOAN SEVERANCE—pictorial ZALMAN KING 98 VOICES FROM THE HOOD—article LEON BING 102 WHAT IF THE JAPANESE BAIL OUT?—article ALLAN SLOAN 104 FOR CONTROL FREAKS ONLY—modern living 110 BOBBY2—fiction PAT JORDAN 114 IF THEY COULD SEE HER NOW—playboy's playmate of the month 126 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor 128 THE DO-IT-YOURSELF INSTANT COUNTRY LYRIC KIT—humor LARRY TRITTEN 130 1993: THE ELECTRIFYING NEWS—modern living IVAN BERGER 136 GOOD INTENTIONS—fiction JOHN VARLEY 138 20 QUESTIONS: PATRICK STEWART 142 SEX IN CINEMA—pictorial text by BRUCE WILLIAMSON 189 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE