COVER STORY
There's nothing like a warm, appropriately attired woman to keep a man home on cold November nights. Particularly if she looks like Teri Peterson, our July 1980 Playmate. With those exotic brown eyes, Teri radiates romance. Is it any wonder
we had to bring her back? Executive Art Director Tom Staebler designed and photographed
the cover. In the fabric of his imagination, our loyal Rabbit Head is ever-present.
5 PLAYBILL
11 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY
15 DEAR PLAYBOY
21 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS
30 BOOKS
Baja Oklahoma: a ten-gallon tale of winning, Texas style; De Vries's take-off
on corporate women.
32 MUSIC
Alabama's surge in appeal is rocking the world of country; Miles Davis is back—once
again at the top.
36 MOVIES
Finney is supersleuth of horror in Wolfen; Kasdan's Body Heat: fiery and melodramatic;
D. H. Lawrence's years as Priest of Love—a titillating re-creation of the
man behind the fiction; personal queries against war in Gallipoli.
48 COMING ATTRACTIONS
Gregory Peck makes his TV-drama debut in Dodsworth; Fonda and Kristofferson have
you on the edge of your seat in Rollover.
53 PLAYBOY'S TRAVEL GUIDE STEPHEN BIRNBAUM
How to demand and get help in a travel crisis.
55 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
63 DEAR PLAYMATES
65 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
77 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: ORIANA FALLACI—candid conversation
Her compulsive curiosity and driving determination have made her almost as famous
as the world leaders she interviews. Here, the tables are turned and she's grilled
on her opinions.
110 TUNING IN TO CHANNEL SEX—article David RENSIN
Today's erotica industry has come home, via video cassette. But can the people
who produce adult films upgrade their act enough to satisfy a whole new audience?
215 BLUE NIGHTS AND HAPPY DAYS
Can there be still more sexual positions? Will censors monitor your viewing? Predictions
from a panel of experts including author Gay Talese, pollster Daniel Yankelovich
and editor Helen Gurley Brown.
222 A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO ADULT VIDEO CASSETTES
Building up your home library? Here's a selection to get you started.
115 RAGING BEAUTY—pictorial essay JEAN VALLELY
With her perfect body and contagious zest for living, Vikki La Motto is timelessly
alluring.
124 THE STAKES OF THE GAME—article David HALBERSTAM
The Pulitzer Prize—winning author spent a year with the N.B.A.'s Portland
Trail Blazers, during which time he came to see pro basketball in a different
light: no longer a sport but just another product.
127 NEW MAGAZINES FOR THE EIGHTIES—humor .. David STANDISH and JERRY SULLIVAN
These comic manuals show you how to get the most out of your diminished expectations.
130 THE PROBLEM WITH CRYSTAL—personality CHET FLIPPO
She's not exactly country and she's not exactly pop. But whatever her style, Crystal
Gayle mesmerizes us all.
134 WE'LL TAKE MANHATTANS—drink EMANUEL GREENBERG
An update on a favorite American cocktail: how to make it and serve it.
136 BOSS TWEED—playboy's playmate of the month
Miss November is our new-found beauty from Canada. She has enough glamor to command
attention from coast to coast.
148 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor
151 PICK OF THE KNITS—attire David PLATT
This year, you can choose a sweater for every mood, every occasion.
158 THE 1982 PLAYBOY MUSIC POLL
Who are your favorite musicians of the year? Cast your vote.
162 HEAT—fiction ED MC BAIN
In this excerpt from the latest 87th Precinct novel, a young detective named Kling
is obsessed with checking up on his wife. The chase is frenetic, fueled by steamy
anger and a web of lies.
164 SEX IN CINEMA-1981—article ARTHUR KNIGHT
It was a year in which films ranged from the romantic to the grisly—with
heavy-handed emphasis on the latter.
178 PLAYBOY'S AUDIO UPDATE—article NORMAN EISENBERG
Electronics today means more equipment than ever to choose from. This description
of the best systems around offers you enough information to meet your needs.
183 WHO'S WHO?—ribald classic
186 PLAYBOY'S ROVING EYE—pictorial
Photos from the book New York Nude.
189 GENUINE RISK—essay JAMES R. PETERSEN
A humorous look at the everyday dangers of life.
192 PLAYBOY FUNNIES—humor
248 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI
279 PLAYBOY PUZZLE NICOLE GREGORY
283 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE
High Tech cookware; winter's dashing warm-ups—the newest gloves and scarves;
Grapevine; Sex News.
