Playboy July 2006

COVER STORY Named the most searched-for model on the web, voluptuous Vida Guerra traces her path from Cuba to the pages of PLAYBOY and chats candidly about her debut album, playing a virgin in her new movie and the attention-grabbing potential of her posterior. Senior Contributing Photographer Stephen Wayda throws us some serious curves. Our Rabbit hugs one tight. Features 52 THE NEW HUMAN What it means to be a human being is changing right before our eyes. With advancements in genetics, robotics and nanotechnology, we have started to alter our minds, memories, progeny and maybe even our souls. Radical Evolution author JOEL GARREAU details how the next scientific frontier will be inside us. Also, MARGARET ATWOOD ponders immortality, RAY KURZWEIL considers our singular future, and MARY MIDGLEY rationalizes why we can't live forever. 70 NOT YOUR FATHER'S HI-FI A look at the newest mini-gadget wonders that keep tunes, pictures and movies within easy reach. BY SCOTT ALEXANDER 74 DRIFTING Go sideways or go home. Drifting, the world's hottest motor sport, is the best import from Japan since the Walkman. Though it emerged in the United States only a few years ago, Americans are now racing to match their Japanese counterparts. BY CRAIG VETTER 92 MY LOVE MACHINE After conceiving and constructing the JiIIJet, a high-concept hot tub conducive to female climaxes, the master illusionist took the ultimate step and got a patent for his liquidy orgasmatron. BY PENN JILLETTE Fiction 66 THE BAD NEWS In an inventive story by the author of The Handmaid's Tale, a couple troubled by stories of political turmoil and car bombings is transported back to third century France, where the threat of barbarian invasion looms and bad news is still bad news. BY MARGARET ATWOOD The Playboy Forum 41 HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY The National Academy of Sciences has declared that there is no conflict between religion and science. Alas, that's just not true. There is a conflict, and it is zero-sum. Why do we pretend otherwise? BY SAM HARRIS 20Q 104 DANA WHITE The man who helped legitimize the Ultimate Fighting Championship keeps the conversation raw as he discusses why tensions are high on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter, what distinguishes a real warrior and why the UFC crushes the WWE. BY JASON BUHRMESTER Interview 47 JERRY BRUCKHEIMER With films that have grossed more than $13 billion, he is the most successful producer in history. Additionally, with seven series running on CBS alone last season, he's a ubiquitous presence on TV. Now the usually reserved movie mogul opens up about the challenges of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, his humble beginnings on the outskirts of Detroit and the last days of his former partner Don Simpson. BY STEPHEN REBELLO Pictorials 58 PLAYBOY'S WORLD SOCCER TEAM Every four years the best soccer teams on earth come together in an effort to impress girls like these. 78 PLAYMATE: SARA JEAN UNDERWOOD Miss July is a natural wonder as she frolics au naturel in the fields and streams of her native Oregon. 108 VIVA VIDA Get a grip before you try handling the dangerous curves displayed in Latin lovely Vida Guerra's first nude pictorial. Notes and News 9 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY The Playboy Club Casino opens in Las Vegas; Jillian Grace and Pilar Lastra appear on The Playmate Hour. 10 MARDI GRAS - MANSION MADNESS Here's the skinny on Hef's Fat Tuesday bash, with pictures of the Playmates, rockers and celebrities who did Mardi Gras at the Mansion. 103 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: AMBER CAMPISI To get Miss February 2005 in the mood, go Sideways, then wine and dine her. 143 PLAYMATE NEWS Anna Nicole Smith gets heard at the High Court; Jillian Grace gets her Bunny ears. Departments 3 PLAYBILL 13 DEAR PLAYBOY 17 AFTER HOURS 33 MANTRACK 39 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 90 PARTY JOKES 121 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY 147 ON THE SCENE 148 GRAPEVINE 150 POTPOURRI Fashion 96 SUIT UP Curvy Click star Michelle Lombardo helps show how hot a little swimsuit style can be. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS Reviews 27 MOVIES The Man of Steel myth is reinvigorated in Superman Returns; Keanu Reeves goes back to the future in A Scanner Darkly. 28 DVDS Dave Chappelle's Block Party is a who's who of hip-hop; the Strangers With Candy gift set arrives just as Jerri Blank goes big screen. 29 MUSIC The left coast answers crunk with hyphy; producers Cool N Dre are Miami sound machines. 30 GAMES Four strange and lovely games about ancient Japan, plus videogame stores in crisis. 31 BOOKS Historian Garry Wills looks at Jesus; Esther Haase's photos in Sexy Book remind us that erotica is everywhere.