FEATURES
36 MAN AS GOD: The Promise and Horror of DNA By Hal Fosnot
It's almost too late to stop a potential runaway tragedy. A growing number of scientists are experimenting with DNA —the master chemical code of life. If we're lucky we might get a cure for some of today's ravaging diseases, such as cancer; if we're not, we may be visited by worldwide plagues with no known cure. A critical report by Hal Fosnot, a veteran reporter and editor in the field of medical science.
40 THE GORILLA KILLER By Beau Williford
A humorous account of a gorilla-versus-man boxing match, a true sporting event
as told by one of the participants, Beau Williford, Southern gentleman, actor,
model, boxer, and bartender at one of New York's outstanding literary drinking
spas, the "Bells of Hell."
48 INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT KLEIN
Actor, mime, vaudevillian, writer, singer, musician, but most of all funnyman,
a street-tough kid from the Bronx who made it, and who makes comedy with wild
inventiveness, fierce candor, and crafty intelligence.
60 GUIDE FOR A TOGETHER SUMMER By Sita Butler
If you ever wanted to get away from it all with someone you love, you'll find
many suggestions here about where to go and what to do: among others, a nude
photography session; backpacking; rock hunting—all you need is a bit of
time and a girl.
63 THE NEW SEXHIBITIONISM By Christina Antonelli
Where do you go and what do you do after you have already experienced singles
bars, swinging, and swapping? If you think the sexual revolution couldn't go
any further, here's the latest for you and your lady.
66 YOUNG, CLEAR, & SPIRITED
The days of considering the martini as only a "stuffy" banker's drink
are over. Vodka, Gin, white Rum and Tequila are gaining tremendous popularity
among young couples. Here's why.
68 THE MAN WHO LOVED FLOWERS
Fiction by Stephen King, author of Carrie. Strange, how beauty can disguise
horror. Take, for instance, our hero . . .
On an early evening in May of 1963, a young man with his hand in his pocket walked briskly up New York's Third Avenue. The air was soft and beautiful, the sky was darkening by slow degrees from blue to the calm and lovely violet of dusk. There are people who love the city, and this was one of the nights that made them love it.
87 PRIVATE LIVES: LAST DAYS OF A LOVER
When a virile young man learns that he has an incurable illness he reacts in
strange and unforeseen ways.
PICTORIALS
71 The "GIRL NEXT DOOR" Amateur Erotic Photo Contest
New entries, plus this month's winner.
42 WILLOW OF THE ONONDAGA Photographs by Jean-Pierre Muhlstein
51 MY FRENCH CONNECTION Photographs by Mary Gitell
92 JOY RIDE Photographs by Siwer Ohlsson
DEPARTMENTS
8 FEEDBACK
Letters from our readers.
19 GALLERY AT LEISURE:
Music by Meridee Merzer
Books by Donald Newlove
Films by Diane Jacobs
Sports by Ira Kaufman
27 PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS By Susan Toepfer
83 INSIDE-OUT
A column of personal advice by Peter Frishauf and Katharine Rice.
86 THE OPINIONATED READER
Our readers express their views on: What kind of woman would you respect more:
the woman who marries for wealth, social position, and security, but who does not love her husband or the woman who makes her living as a prostitute?
104 CAMPUS ROUNDTABLE
Editors of leading college newspapers throughout the U.S. describe their fellow students' attitudes on the following subject: To what do you attribute the current resurgence of religion and religious cults on campus?
