ON THE COVER
Pet of the Month Lexie Leblanc, photographed by Philip Mond. Her pictorial begins on Page 71.
FEATURES
10 FAST FORWARD
"Spirits"; "Film"; "Sports"; "Sounds"
21 VIEW FROM THE TOP
Essays by Emily Prager, Ben Stein, Lesley Hazleton, and Gael Greene
26 PRISON RAPE
Article by Ellis Henican
52 CYBERSPACE
Penthouse on the Internet
54 HIS FINAL RIDE
Surfer Mark Foo's ultimate thrill. By David Ciaffardini
61 GNARLY DUDEZ
Men's fashion by Gerard Van der Leun; photos by Andrew Unangst
66 U.S.A. CONFIDENTIAL
Jim Bakker, Khomeini's son, and C. S. Lewis
68 ADVISE & DISSENT
"It's the 'Them' Decade," by Debra C. Victoroff
109 SEX & THE SINGLE CONSERVATIVE
Satire by Bill Lee
116 PENIS PAGE
Do vasectomies cause prostate cancer? By Curtis Rist
143 BEDTIME STORIES
"The Butcher," women's erotic fiction by Alina Reyes