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