Playboy January 2000

COVER STORY It's been 35 years since Peter Max first designed for PLAYBOY. And, as Hef himself might say, what goes around comes around. "The Sixties were all about new ideas and aspirations," says PLAYBOY Art Director Tom Staebler. "We wanted to capture that same excitement for the millennium." PLAYBOY and Peter Max and the Bunny—may they prosper for another 100 years. FEATURES 82 THE FUTURE We put together the ultimate roundtable of seers—the likes of William Gibson, John Sculley, Todd Rundgren and Nicholas Negroponte—to tell us what to expect. 98 THE FUTURE OF VICE Tacitus predicted, "There will be vice as long as there is man." Turns out the old Roman scold knew whereof he spoke. BY CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY 99 THE FUTURE OF VIRTUE The prognosis for the good guys is a bit dodgier. BY WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR. 100 THAT WAS THE CENTURY THAT WAS The fads and foibles, decade by decade, in rhymed couplets. BY ROBERT S. WIEDER 128 THE OFFICE OF THE FUTURE Formfitting cubicles and a sexual stimulant released as an aerosol mist should make the workplace a lot cozier. BY SCOTT ADAMS 134 PORN-O-RAMA! An enlightening tour of the Institute for Pornographic Studies and its Virtu-Screw 2000 prototype with the bodaciously breasted Dr. Julie Devine. BY AL FRANKEN 136 LISTS OF THE CENTURY What would a millennium be without lists? We compiled the only one you'll need. 154 CITIES ON THE MOON A screed in which our favorite visionary predicts penal universities, government by women and the return of the pencil. BY RAY BRADBURY 166 WILL WOMEN CHANGE? Could they demand, gulp, emotional satisfaction? BY JOHN GRAY 173 JUSTICE IN THE 21ST CENTURY Racism, our unfinished business, remains the great divide. BY JOHNNIE COCHRAN 182 1950: WHEN NOTHING WAS THE SAME Revisit a time when conformity and prudery ruled the land. BY DAVID HALBERSTAM 188 THERE'S NO SPACE LIKE HOME The PLAYBOY pad of tomorrow—it's very far-out. BY SYD MEAD 195 MONEY 2000 Think boomers in their power years. Think Dow 41,000. BY HARRY S. DENT JR. 196 THE PLAYBOY PUZZLE CHALLENGE Solve these brainteasers and you could win a 100-year subscription. 201 PLAYBOY 1000 Chastity belts. The plague. The forke. Lyfe was toughe for the medieval seeker of pleasure. 218 UNHERALDED INNOVATIONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY We're talking recliners and panties and women's beach volleyball. BY BOB SLOAN 220 20Q RUPERT EVERETT The unconventional heartthrob and star of My Best Friend's Wedding waxes witty on life in the movies, fashion and being gay. 222 GLOBAL SHOCK Postcolonial conflict is the new challenge to world stability. BY JAMES HOGE INTERVIEW 63 HUGH M. HEFNER The man who was singly responsible for making the last century fun has plenty to say about the future, about entertaining four girls in one bed and about the state of the union. PICTORIALS 88 MINI-HEF Verne Troyer gets a waist-high view of how our founder lives—and survives to tell the tale; plus Midget Movie History (p. 229). 107 CENTERFOLDS OF THE CENTURY We picture the 100 most fabulous women who've bisected PLAYBOY-and rank them! 138 PLAYMATE 2000 The greatest search ever resulted in the greatest find ever—identical twins with an amazing story to tell. 174 THE YEAR IN SEX You couldn't have asked for a zanier end to the 20th century. 206 PLAYBOY'S PLAYMATE REVIEW Get your phone cards, gentlemen. It's that time of year again. FICTION 102 THE MILLENNIUM EXPRESS Picasso, Hemingway and Einstein bicker about blowing up the Louvre as civilization teeters. BY ROBERT SILVERBERG 162 SMUT TALK Aliens in a Star Wars bar have a lively talk about, what else, sex. BY LARRY NIVEN 186 ONE OR TWO STEPS BEHIND When it comes to hot and heavy romance, patience can be a virtue—or a big mistake. BY DAVID MAMET NOTES AND NEWS 15 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY 16 MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM PARTY 53 THE PLAYBOY FORUM A critical agenda for the 21st century, why drug testing doesn't work, the war on drugs, Remedial Religion courses—they're a sin to miss. 273 PLAYMATE NEWS DEPARTMENTS 3 PLAYBILL 19 DEAR PLAYBOY 23 AFTER HOURS 40 LIVING ONLINE 42 FITNESS 44 MEN 45 THE SINGLE LIFE 47 MANTRACK 51 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 266 WHERE & HOW TO BUY 277 ON THE SCENE 278 GRAPEVINE 280 POTPOURRI LIFESTYLE 156 FASHION 2000 We throw a memorable bash and dress the revelers right. 169 ELEVENTH-HOUR SANTA Great ideas from the gift guru. 180 MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Toast the new century in style. 198 TURNING THE CORNER The ultimate high-tech gadgets for gaining the edge in 2000. REVIEWS 28 MUSIC 34 MOVIES 37 VIDEO 41 BOOKS