Playmate of the Month
Terry Nihan photographed by Richard Fegley.

Interview
Tom Selleck by David Sheff.

Personality
"The Genius Takes on Tinseltown" (Orson Welles) by Barbara Leaming.

Features
"The Desexing of America" by Craig Vetter
"Notes of a Fallen Fan" by David Halberstam
"The Curse of Lono" by Hunter S. Thompson
"One Brief Shining Moment" by William Manchester
"Quarterly Reports: Great Plays" by Andrew Tobias
"A Personal Computer Christmas" by Peter A. McWilliams
"Playboy's College Basketball Preview" by Anson Mount.

Flashdancers
Marine Jahan, Linnea Quigley, Demetria Garrett, Kim Arrow, Kathleen Carr and Tamara Rawlings photographed by Steve Wayda.

Sex Stars of 1983
John Travolta, Nastassia Kinski, Michael Jackson, Joan Collins, Brooke Shields, David Bowie, Pia Zadora, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Jamie Lee Curtis, Eddie Murphy, Olivia Brown, Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Richard Gere, Mr. T, Tanya Roberts, Shannon Tweed, Victoria Principal, Linda Evans, Christie Brinkley, Tom Selleck, Burt Reynolds, Sonia Braga, Kathleen Turner, Barbara Carrera, Cynthia Rhodes, Valerie Kaprisky, Christopher Atkins, Arielle Dombasle, Matt Dillon, Linda Blair, Sybil Danning, Heather Thomas, Heather Locklear, Randi Brooks and Kim Basinger (not all previously named are nude).

Joan Collins (cover and inside) photographed by Mario Casilli and George Hurell.