Playboy January 1998

COVER STORY
Shannon Tweed, 1982 PMOY, has made many PLAYBOY appearances, even though she says she never felt all that sexy. "I pose to reassure myself that I look OK." Any time, Shannon. The co-star of The Tom Show helps kick off the new year with a thrill. Our cover was produced by Marilyn Grabowski and shot by Stephen Wayda. Thanks to Jennifer Tutor for styling and Alexis Vogel for Shannon's hair and makeup. Our glassed-up Rabbit thinks Shannon is boss.

7 PLAYBILL
13 DEAR PLAYBOY
17 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS
19 MOVIES BRUCE WILLIAMSON
21 VIDEO
24 MUSIC
28 WIRED
30 BOOKS
32 HEALTH & FITNESS
33 MONEY MATTERS CHRISTOPHER BYRON
34 MEN ASA BABER
35 WOMEN CYNTHIA HEIMEL
37 MANTRACK
43 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
45 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
55 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: GRANT HILL—candid conversation
62 RAP AT THE CROSSROADS—article ALEC FOEGE
66 BOSS TWEED—pictorial
76 THE WIRE CONTINUUM—fiction ARTHUR C. CLARKE and STEPHEN BAXTER
80 GRILLIN' & CHILLIN'—food BOBBY FLAY
82 KICKIN' & CLICKIN'—fashion HOLLIS WAYNE
86 THE BATTLE OF KHAFJI—fiction TOM PAINE
90 SLING BABE— Pietra Thornton Pictorial
96 THE MADNESS BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT—travel DAVID STANDISH
98 HAMLET AS TOLD ON THE STREET—humor SHEL SILVERSTEIN
109 THE ELEVENTH-HOUR SANTA—gifts
112 THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS—humor ROBERT S. WIEDER
116 HEATHER SENT—playboy's playmate of the month
128 PARTY JOKES—humor
130 THREE BALCONIES—fiction BRUCE JAY FRIEDMAN
132 DIGITAL BASH—electronics DON SUTHERLAND
134 MY STORY—BETTIE PAGE'S MISSING YEARS—interview KEVIN COOK
138 THE YEAR IN SEX—pictorial
147 PLAYBOY GALLERY: KIM BASINGER
150 SEINFELD FOREVER—humor GREG GATTUSO
154 20 QUESTIONS: TERI HATCHER
158 PLAYBOY'S PLAYMATE REVIEW—pictorial
185 WHERE & HOW TO BUY
205 PLAYMATE NEWS
209 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE