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Playboy [v21 #7, July 1974] ($1.25, 218pp+, quarto) []

76 · Bitch [Uncle Oswald] · Roald Dahl · nv

101 · Winter of ’73 · Herbert Gold · ss

114 · King Zamp · Thomas Glynn · ss

141 · The Devil Rides Behind · adapted by Nicholas Gabyev · vi
from Russkiya zavetniya skazki.

Playboy [v21 #8, August 1974] ($1.25, 198pp+, quarto) []

66 · Venus or the Virgin? · Sean O’Faolain · ss

91 · It Came to Pass · Chris Dickey · ss

118 · The Conquest of the Washington Monument · Stan Dryer · ss

131 · The Tale of the Two Ganders · adapted by Jonah Craig · vi
from The Arabian Nights.

Playboy [v21 #9, September 1974] ($1.25, 246pp+, quarto) []

88 · Jazzing in A-Flat · Evan Hunter · ss

115 · A Place to Avoid · David Ely · ss

143 · Don’t Call Me, I’ll Call You · John Collier · ss

157 · Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism · Mark Twain · ar George Brownwell, 1943
delivered as a speech at the Stomach Club in Paris in Spring 1879.

Playboy [v21 #10, October 1974] (quarto) []
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· The Light in the Cottage · David Ely · ss

· Just My Luck · Warner Law · ss

· Three-Part Harmony · Stephen Minot · ss

Playboy [v21 #11, November 1974] (quarto) []
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· The Legend of Step-and-a-Half · Paul Reb · ss

· Sex and the Single Screw · Nicholas Monsarrat · ss

· The Charm · Ray Russell · ss

Playboy [v21 #12, December 1974] (quarto) []
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· A Tale of Two Sisters · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss

· Brennbar’s Rant · John Irving · ss

· The Top of the World · Tom Mayer · ss

· The Analyst · Evan Hunter · ss

· The Snows of Olympus · Arthur C. Clarke · ar

Playboy [v22 #1, January 1975] (quarto) []
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· A Month of Sundays · John Updike · ss

· Asking for It · John Collier · ss

· Paternity · Herbert Gold · ss

· Captain Burger’s American Dream · Philip Cioffari · ss

Playboy [v22 #2, February 1975] ($1.25, 206pp+, quarto) []

70 · The Admiralty Spire · Vladimir Nabokov · ss

94 · Goodbye, Bob · Malcolm Braly · ss

133 · The Man Under the Front Porch · Jordan Crittenden · ss

135 · The Best of Both Worlds · Pietro Aretino; adapted by Phil Brown · ss
from I Ragionamenti, Venice 1534.

Playboy [v22 #3, March 1975] ($1.25, quarto) []
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· Playboy Interview: Billie Jean King · [uncredited] · iv

· Up Out of Zoar · Ben Maddow · ss

· Holy War on 34th Street · Norman Spinrad · ss

· Cassoulet · Thomas Mario · ar

· Margot · Margot Kidder · pi

· Just a Good Ole Rhodes Scholar · Jack McClintock · bg [Ref. Kris Kristofferson]

· Elmer Gantry for President · Robert Sherrill · ar

· Norse Star · Ingeborg Sorensen · pi

· Tally Ho in the Pentagon · James W. Canan · ar

· Warming Trends · Robert L. Green · ar

· Chariots of the Clods? · John Hughes · hu

· The Jail · Jesse Hill Ford · ss

· The Vargas Girl · Alberto Vargas · pi

· Essay on Woman · Pego Borewell · vi

· Who’s Afraid of Hard Times? · William F. Rickenbacker · ar

· Who’s Afraid of Hard Times? · Larry L. King · ar

· Sex Shoppe · Raymonde · hu

· Little Annie Fanny · Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder · cs

Playboy [v22 #4, April 1975] ($1.25, 226pp+, quarto) []

84 · Lady Spain · Herbert Gold · ss

103 · Bockman · Jordan Crittenden · ss

145 · No Fear of Flying · adapted by Nicholas Gabyev · vi
from Russkiya zavetniya skazki.

Playboy [v22 #5, May 1975] ($1.25, quarto) []
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84 · The Spoils of Buenavista · Oakley Hall · ss

118 · Australia and Canada · John Updike · ss

128 · Going Home · Julius Horwitz · ss

147 · Clark Ghent’s School Days · Robert S. Wieder · hu

Playboy [v22 #6, June 1975] ($1.25, quarto) []
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· Blue Dog Mobile on Augusport Hill · Peter Lars Sandberg · ss

· Never Beat a Full House · William Kuhns · ss

· The Stain That May or May Not Have Been Guacamole · Jordan Crittenden · ss

Playboy [v22 #7, July 1975] ($1.25, quarto) []
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· Johnny Guts · Gerald Green · nv

· Dunlup Crashes In · Larry McMurtry · ss

Playboy [v22 #8, August 1975] ($1.25, quarto) []
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· Playboy Interview: Philip Agee · [uncredited] · iv

· A Kafka Story, But It’s True · John Marks · ar

· The CIA’s Quiet Little War in Laos · Fred Branfman · ar

· The CIA Scalpel Cut Deep · Kenneth Barton Osborn · ar

· Vengeance Under the Law · Peter Schrag · ar

· The Girl from Playboy · Kim Komar · pi

· Dr. Bell’s Monster · Craig Karpel · ar

· Love for Rent · Donn Pearce · ar

· Always Home · David Ely · ss

· Scandinavian Modern · Lillian Muller · pi

· Bech Third-Worlds It · John Updike · ss

· The Ices Age · Emanuel Greenberg · ar

· Playboy’s Pro Football Preview · Anson Mount · ar

· Head Raider · Wells Twombly · ar

· Loose Living · Robert L. Green · ar

· B-Tower West Wall · Peter Lars Sandberg · ss

· The Vargas Girl · Alberto Vargas · pi

· The Four Wishes of Saint Martin · [uncredited] · vi

· Little Annie Fanny · Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder · cs

Playboy [v22 #9, September 1975] ($1.25, quarto) []
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80 · Flashman in the Great Game [Part 1 of 3] · George MacDonald Fraser · n. Barrie & Jenkins, 1975

97 · And Don’t Forget the One Red Rose · Avram Davidson · ss

Playboy [v22 #10, October 1975] ($1.25, quarto) []
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97 · Flashman in the Great Game [Part 2 of 3] · George MacDonald Fraser · n. Barrie & Jenkins, 1975

145 · A Message from Home · Danny Santiago · ss

Playboy [v22 #11, November 1975] (quarto) []
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96 · Flashman in the Great Game [Part 3 of 3] · George MacDonald Fraser · n. Barrie & Jenkins, 1975

125 · Been Going Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me · James Petersen · ss

148 · Dengué Fever · Paul Theroux · ss The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories, Cape, 1975

Playboy [v22 #12, December 1975] ($1.75, quarto) []
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102 · Time Is Money · Lee Falk · ss

111 · Skin Flick · Evan Hunter · ss

124 · Playboy’s Christmas Cards · Judith Wax · pm

204 · The Shepherd · Frederick Forsyth · ex Hutchinson, 1975

Playboy [v23 #1, January 1976] (quarto) []
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81 · The Doorbell · Vladimir Nabokov · ss

150 · Falconer · John Cheever · ss

177 · Tooth · C. E. Poverman · ss

Playboy [v23 #2, February 1976] (quarto) []
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64 · The True American · Melvin Van Peebles · ss

111 · God and the Cobbler · R. K. Narayan · ss

Playboy [v23 #3, March 1976] (quarto) []
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114 · The Autumn Dog · Paul Theroux · ss

134 · The Golden Whatever · Jordan Crittenden · ss

Playboy [v23 #4, April 1976] (quarto) []
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· The West End Horror [Part 1 of 2; Sherlock Holmes] · Nicholas Meyer · n.

Playboy [v23 #5, May 1976] ($1.25, 222pp+, quarto) []

103 · Goldilocks and the Three Beers · Danny Santiago · ss

116 · The West End Horror [Part 2 of 2; Sherlock Holmes] · Nicholas Meyer · n.

139 · The Hanged Man Watching · Pietro Aretino · vi
from I Ragionamenti, Venice 1536.

Playboy [v23 #6, June 1976] (quarto) []
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88 · Jenny and the Ball-Turret Gunner · John Irving · ss

Playboy [v23 #7, July 1976] (quarto) []
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· Last One Out · David Ely · ss

· A Feast of Snakes · Harry Crews · ss

Playboy [v23 #8, August 1976] (quarto) []
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· The Makeup Man · William Harrison · ss

· The Great American Lay · Laurence Gonzales · hu

Playboy [v23 #9, September 1976] ($1.50, 214pp+, quarto) []

90 · Slapstick or Lonesome No More! · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ex Delacorte Press, 1976

135 · The Devil and the Peasant Wife · adapted by Florence Clowes · vi; the illustration for this can be ironed on to a t-shirt.
from a traditional Polish tale.

Playboy [v23 #10, October 1976] ($1.50, 234pp+, quarto) []

88 · Roots: The Mixing of the Blood · Alex Haley · ex Doubleday, 1976

96 · The Bric-a-Brac Man [Part 1 of 2] · Russell H. Greenan · ex Random House, 1976

105 · Blue Skies, No Candy · Gael Green · ss

145 · The Family Jewels · Giambattista Basile; adapted by John G. Dickson · vi
from Il Pentamerone, 1637.

Playboy [v23 #11, November 1976] ($1.50, 258pp+, quarto) []

110 · The Bric-a-Brac Man [Part 2 of 2] · Russell H. Greenan · ex Random House, 1976

157 · Definitions · Captain Grose · ms 1811
from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, London.

Playboy [v23 #12, December 1976] (quarto) []
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· Trial of the Warlock · Norman Mailer · nv

· What Is Life? · Robert Sheckley · ss

· Gay · Joyce Carol Oates · nv

Playboy [v24 #1, January 1977] (quarto) []
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· The Rolls-Royce Love Affair · Erica Jong · ss

· Mendel I Thought · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss

· Sebastian the Cat · Evan Hunter · ss

Playboy [v24 #2, February 1977] (quarto) []
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76 · The Trolls of God [Fantasy and Fable] · James Powell · ss

115 · Garp’s Night Out · John Irving · ss

Playboy [v24 #3, March 1977] (quarto) []
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114 · Set of Two:

_ · Loser Wins · Paul Theroux · ss

_ · The Tennis Court · Paul Theroux · ss

Playboy [v24 #4, April 1977] (quarto) []
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114 · Voyages of a Mile-High Fille de Joie · Judith Johnson Sherwin · ss

Playboy [v24 #5, May 1977] (quarto) []
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97 · The Other · Jorge Luis Borges; translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni · ss

112 · Oral History · Nadine Gordimer · ss A Soldier’s Embrace by Nadine Gordimer, Viking Penguin, 1975

131 · Silversmith Wishes · Robert Sheckley · ss

Playboy [v24 #6, June 1977] (quarto) []
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111 · So Long, Old Buddy · Robert F. Young · ss

136 · Bernstein in Mexico · Gerald Green · ss

Playboy [v24 #7, July 1977] (quarto) []
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90 · Adulterer’s Luck · Paul Theroux · ss

106 · Manhattan Pit Stop · “Stroker Ace” · ss

Playboy [v24 #8, August 1977] ($1.50, 210pp, quarto) []

74 · The Honourable Schoolboy [George Smiley] · John le Carré · ex Hodder & Stoughton, 1977

137 · Pussy’s in the Well · Pietro Aretino; adapted by Carlo Matteo · vi
from I Ragionamenti, Venice 1534.

Playboy [v24 #9, September 1977] (quarto) []
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109 · A Moon in June · Loyd Little · ss

150 · Beggarman, Thief [Part 1 of 2] · Irwin Shaw · n.

Playboy [v24 #10, October 1977] ($1.50, 278pp, quarto) []

110 · Beggarman, Thief [Part 2 of 2] · Irwin Shaw · n.

175 · Riddles and Night Secrets · Giovanni Francesco Straparola; adapted by John G. Dickson · pm
from Le Piacevola Notti, 1550.

Playboy [v24 #11, November 1977] ($1.75, 282pp, quarto) []

130 · In the National Interest · Marvin Kalb & Ted Koppel · ex Simon & Schuster, 1977

179 · Italian Tales · Poggio Bracciolini; adapted by Carlo Matteo · vi
from the Facetiae of Poggio Bracciolini, 1450.

Playboy [v24 #12, December 1977] ($2.25, 374pp, quarto) []

77 · Buck Rogers and I · Ray Russell · ar

138 · Abhorrent Green Slippery City · Bernard Malamud · ss

145 · Star Spats · Laurence Gonzales · hu

146 · Whoooooosh, When Rocket Ships Were Really a Blast · Kerig Pope & Ron Villani · pi; includes a punch-out Do-It-Yourself Rocket Ship.

174 · The Henry Miller Dawn Patrol · Philip José Farmer · ss

246 · Tomeu and His Daughters · translated by Richard Willis · vi
from the Mallorquin tale Enginy d’un qui havia feta donació.

Playboy [v25 #1, January 1978] ($2.25, 294pp, quarto) []

170 · Full Many a Flower · Irwin Shaw · ss

192 · Doctor Fastest · Erich Segal · ss

198 · The Czar’s Cadets at Peterhof · Mikhail Lermontov; translated by Walter Arndt · vi

Playboy [v25 #2, February 1978] ($2.00, 212pp, quarto) []

88 · The Human Factor · Graham Greene · ex The Bodley Head, 1978

143 · There’s Room for Two · Marquis de Sade; adapted by Steven Raichlen · vi

Playboy [v25 #3, March 1978] ($2.00, 250pp, quarto) []
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· Kalki [Part 1 of 2] · Gore Vidal · n.

153 · The Black Cat · adapted by A. J. MacPherson · vi
from Gazette Anecdotique du Règne de Louis XVI.

Playboy [v25 #4, April 1978] ($2.00, quarto) []
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49 · A Born Again Hustler · Art Buchwald · ss

132 · Kalki [Part 2 of 2] · Gore Vidal · n.

Playboy [v25 #5, May 1978] ($2.00, 262pp+, quarto) []

111 · The Darkwater Hall Mystery · Kingsley Amis · ss

118 · The Faint · John Updike · ss

165 · Boss’s Wife · [uncredited] · pm (r); a 19th century Australian bush ballad.

Playboy [v25 #6, June 1978] ($2.00, 282pp+, quarto) []

146 · A Party in Miami Beach · Isaac Bashevis Singer; translated by Joseph Singer · ss

168 · Hokey Pokey · Daniel Curley · ss

181 · Under the Beard · translated by Vladimir Sanin · vi
translated from the Russian (Severnye Skazki, 1909).

Playboy [v25 #7, July 1978] ($2.00, 244pp+, quarto) []

94 · Galahad · Walter L. Lowe, Jr. · ss

102 · The Accompanist · V. S. Pritchett · ss

163 · The Magic Staff · Bonnie Carey; adapted by Jack Carey · vi
a Latvian folk tale.

Playboy [v25 #8, August 1978] ($2.00, 242pp+, quarto) []

92 · The Death Freak · John Luckless · ex Simon & Schuster, 1978

149 · Ambassador at Large · [uncredited] · pm (r)
attributed to Captain Morris, author of Songs Drinking, Political and Facetious, circa 1790.

Playboy [v25 #9, September 1978] (quarto) []
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· Arthur Rex · Thomas Berger · ex Delacorte Press, 1978; revised by the magazine editor.

· Sex and the Triple Znar-Fichi · Arthur Rosch · ss

Playboy [v25 #10, October 1978] ($2.00, 290pp+, quarto) []

114 · Falling Angel [Part 1 of 2] · William Hjortsberg · n.

173 · A Tale of Sileny Cunning · Matteo Bandello; adapted by Kenneth Marcuse · vi
from Certain Tragicall Discourses, 1567.

Playboy [v25 #11, November 1978] ($2.00, 314pp+, quarto) []

124 · Perfect Match · Barbara Rochelle · ss

168 · Falling Angel [Part 2 of 2] · William Hjortsberg · n.

193 · The Wife Who Came Back · adapted by Jack O’Donnell · vi
from a Siamese folk tale.

Playboy [v25 #12, December 1978] ($2.50, 392pp+, quarto) []

136 · The Flounder · Günter Grass · ss

235 · Switching · Trevanian · ss

254 · The Case of the Missing Jewel · translated by Jascha Kessler & Kuchik Ebdal · vi
from the Persian Riyadh al-Hikayet, 17th century.

Playboy [v26 #1, January 1979] ($3.00, 410pp, quarto) []

146 · The Fountains of Paradise [Part 1 of 2] · Arthur C. Clarke · n.

170 · Beyond 1984 · Ray Bradbury · ar

231 · Gesturing · John Updike · ss

236 · The Purpose of the Moon · Tom Robbins · ss

Playboy [v26 #2, February 1979] ($2.00, 222pp, quarto) []
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116 · The Fountains of Paradise [Part 2 of 2] · Arthur C. Clarke · n.

141 · A Warning to Virgins and Young Men About a Certain Vile Practice · [uncredited] · pm 1785
from a New England broadside of 1785.

Playboy [v26 #3, March 1979] ($2.00, 250pp, quarto) []

96 · Good as Gold [Part 1 of 2] · Joseph Heller · n.

130 · All the Birds Come Home to Roost · Harlan Ellison · ss

153 · Una’s Lock · [uncredited] · pm ca. 1806
an Irish popular song first published in The Giblet Pye, circa 1806.

Playboy [v26 #4, April 1979] ($2.00, 282pp+, quarto) []

146 · Good as Gold [Part 2 of 2] · Joseph Heller · n.

169 · Four Offensive Verses · Tom Brown · pm 1700
from A Collection of Miscellany Poems, London 1700.

Playboy [v26 #5, May 1979] ($2.00, 294pp+, quarto) []

110 · White Lies · Paul Theroux · ss

174 · Lady Chastity’s Last Stand · Philip Cioffari · ss Playboy April 1971

179 · A True Account of a Swearing Doctor’s Marriage · Tom Brown · vi 1693

Playboy [v26 #6, June 1979] ($2.00, 306pp+, quarto) []
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124 · Cruel Shoes · Steve Martin · ex Press of the Pegacycle Lady, 1977

164 · A Bay Change · Elliott Arnold · ss

181 · What Women Owe to Tortoise · adapted by Don Cosentino · vi
a traditional Yoruba folk tale from Nigeria.

Playboy [v26 #7, July 1979] ($2.00, 250pp, quarto) []
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· Playbill · [uncredited] · bg

· The World of Playboy · [uncredited] · cl

· Dear Playboy · The Readers · lc

· Playboy After Hours · John Blumenthal · cl

· The Playboy Advisor · [uncredited] · qa

· The Playboy Forum · The Readers · lc

· Playboy Interview: Joseph Wambaugh · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Joseph Wambaugh]

· The Making of a Pope · Andrew M. Greeley · ar

· The Perfect Heigh or The Quest of Gimmesome Roy · Shel Silverstein · ss

· Well Watched · [uncredited] · pi

· The Leaser of Two Evils · Philip José Farmer · ss

· Looking Shipshape! · David Platt · ar

· Blood Sisters · Joe Haldeman · nv

· Shear Wonder—Playboy’s Playmate of the Month · Richard Fegley · pi

· Where Sex Is Concerned, the Doctor Is Out · Morton Hunt · ar

· The Second Annual Managers’ Cash-on-Line, Clutch-Player All-Star Team · Terry Catchpole · ar

· Moonraker: New Perils for 007 · [uncredited] · pi

· Ribald Classic: The Baker of Yesilkoy · Charles Wallach · ss
from a Traditionnal Turkish Tale, Circa 1560.

· The Secret Life of Baseball · Maury Z. Levy & Samantha Stevenson · ar

· Playbikes · James Petersen · ar

· Funnies · Various · cs

· Playboys’s Pipeline · Theodore Fischer, Tom Passavant, Walter Salm & John Rezek · cl

· Playboy Potpourri · [uncredited] · ar

· Playboy on the Scene · [uncredited] · cl

· Playboy’s Roving Eye—More Pictures of the German Edition of Playboy—or, We Leica Those a Lot · [uncredited] · pi

· Sex News · [uncredited] · cl

Playboy [v26 #8, August 1979] ($2.00, 250pp+, quarto) []

134 · The Top of the Hill [Part 1 of 3] · Irwin Shaw · ex Delacorte Press, 1979

Playboy [v26 #9, September 1979] ($2.50, 286pp+, quarto) []

148 · The Top of the Hill [Part 2 of 3] · Irwin Shaw · ex Delacorte Press, 1979

175 · The Goldsmith’s Wife · [uncredited] · vi 1758
from A New Atlantis for the Year 1758, printed by M. Thrush, Fleet Street, London.

Playboy [v26 #10, October 1979] ($2.50, quarto) []
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· The Top of the Hill [Part 3 of 3] · Irwin Shaw · ex Delacorte Press, 1979

· Snake Head · Lynda Leidiger · ss

· The Fierce Machine · John Cleland · vi (r)

Playboy [v26 #11, November 1979] (quarto) []
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124 · Jambeaux · Laurence Gonzales · ex Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979

Playboy [v26 #12, December 1979] (quarto) []
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· The Holy Land · John Updike · ss

· Used in Evidence · Frederick Forsyth · ss

Playboy [v27 #1, January 1980] ($3.00, 334pp+, quarto) []

132 · My Uncle Oswald · Roald Dahl · ss

150 · In Bed One Night · Robert Coover · vi

207 · Smiley’s People [George Smiley] · John le Carré · ex Hodder & Stoughton, 1979

Playboy [v27 #2, February 1980] (quarto) []
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124 · Who’s on First? [Blackford Oakes] · William F. Buckley, Jr. · ex Doubleday, 1980

132 · Paintin’ Her Fingernails · Shel Silverstein · pm

Playboy [v27 #3, March 1980] (quarto) []
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115 · Uncle Don · Shel Silverstein · pm

141 · A Cup of Coffee with the Cardinals · A. W. Landwehr · ss

Playboy [v27 #4, April 1980] (quarto) []
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163 · Screwballs · Jay Cronley · ss

Playboy [v27 #5, May 1980] (quarto) []
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140 · Papageno · Asa Baber · ss

Playboy [v27 #6, June 1980] (quarto) []
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124 · Seymour · Mordecai Richler · ss

Playboy [v27 #7, July 1980] (quarto) []
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96 · The Apotheosis of Myra · Walter Tevis · nv

Playboy [v27 #8, August 1980] (quarto) []
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104 · Fanny, Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones · Erica Jong · ss

Playboy [v27 #9, September 1980] (quarto) []
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108 · Still Life with Woodpecker · Tom Robbins · ex

Playboy [v27 #10, October 1980] (quarto) []
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86 · Loon Lake · E. L. Doctorow · ex Random House, September 1980

Playboy [v27 #11, November 1980] (quarto) []
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143 · Rat Town Boogie · Andy Stone · ss

168 · California C’s · Shel Silverstein · pm

Playboy [v27 #12, December 1980] (quarto) []
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140 · Frozen Journey · Philip K. Dick · ss

168 · May I Have Some Marmalade, Please? · Sean O’Faolain · ss

200 · Tales of the Animal Crime Squad · Thomas Berger · ss

202 · Playboy’s Christmas Cards · Tom Koch · pm

Playboy [v28 #1, January 1981] (quarto) []
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130 · God Emperor of Dune [Dune] · Frank Herbert · n. Putnam, 1981; abridged.

146 · Heart Transplant · Ray Bradbury · ss

150 · Why We Crave Horror Movies · Stephen King · ar

Playboy [v28 #2, February 1981] (quarto) []
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104 · Ask a Silly Question [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss

Playboy [v28 #3, March 1981] (quarto) []
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98 · The French Lesson · Asa Baber · ss

Playboy [v28 #4, April 1981] (quarto) []
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126 · Zuckerman Unbound · Philip Roth · ss

Playboy [v28 #5, May 1981] (quarto) []
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108 · Good Rockin’ Tonight · William Hauptman · nv

Playboy [v28 #6, June 1981] (quarto) []
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128 · The New Tattoo · Robert Cole · ss

136 · Anna · Andre Dubus · ss

182 · A Change in the Weather · Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann · vi

Playboy [v28 #7, July 1981] (quarto) []
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143 · Ben Osczhio · Walter Lowe, Jr. · ss

Playboy [v28 #8, August 1981] (quarto) []
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118 · Reinhart’s Women · Thomas Berger · ss

Playboy [v28 #9, September 1981] (quarto) []
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110 · Rabbit Is Rich · John Updike · ex Knopf, 1981

Playboy [v28 #10, October 1981] (quarto) []
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130 · A Flag for Sunrise · Robert Stone · ex Knopf, 1981

Playboy [v28 #11, November 1981] (quarto) []
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162 · Heat [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · ex Viking, 1981

Playboy [v28 #12, December 1981] (quarto) []
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175 · The Adventurer · Bruce Jay Friedman · ss

196 · The Sunken Woman · Joyce Carol Oates · ss

204 · Playboy’s Christmas Cards · Tom Koch · pm

Playboy [v29 #1, January 1982] (quarto) []
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102 · Killing · John Updike · ss

126 · Blue Cadillac · Michael Malone · ss

180 · In Praise of Older Women · Thomas M. Disch · ss

Playboy [v29 #2, February 1982] (quarto) []
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72 · Gianni · Robert Silverberg · ss

Playboy [v29 #3, March 1982] (quarto) []
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112 · Pinball · Jerzy Kosinski · ex Bantam, 1982

134 · My Mistress · Laurie Colwin · ss

Playboy [v29 #4, April 1982] ($2.50, 258pp+, quarto) []

100 · What Do Women Want? · Dan Greenburg · ss

110 · One for the Road · Gardner Dozois · ss

157 · The Optical Illusion · Jean de la Fontaine; adapted by Jem Buller · pm
from Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 1665.

Playboy [v29 #5, May 1982] ($2.50, 266pp+, quarto) []

112 · Poppa Superdude · John Clayton · ss

146 · Interstellar Pigeon · Donald E. Westlake · ss

173 · One Good Eye · Voltaire; adapted by Charles Malot · vi

Playboy [v29 #6, June 1982] (quarto) []
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116 · To the Letter, Harry · James McClure · nv

170 · Lee and Me at the Open · Kevin Cook · ss

Playboy [v29 #7, July 1982] (quarto) []
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116 · Lord Short Shoe Wants the Monkey · Bob Shacochis · ss

Playboy [v29 #8, August 1982] (quarto) []
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100 · At the Conglomeroid Cocktail Party · Robert Silverberg · ss

Playboy [v29 #9, September 1982] (quarto) []
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90 · 2010: Odyssey Two [Space Odyssey] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Granada, 1982

102 · The Telethon · Stanley Elkin · ss

Playboy [v29 #10, October 1982] (quarto) []
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88 · Space · James Michener · ex Random House, 1982

142 · Daphne’s Tune · François Camoin · ss

Playboy [v29 #11, November 1982] (quarto) []
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96 · George Mills · Stanley Elkin · ex Pressworks Publishing, 1981

119 · The Second Coming · Mitch Sisskind · ss

Playboy [v29 #12, December 1982] (quarto) []
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146 · Adults · George V. Higgins · ss

156 · 2010: Odyssey Two [Space Odyssey] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex Granada, 1982

172 · Sex and Its Substitutes · Paul Theroux · ss

198 · Playboy’s Christmas Cards · Tom Koch · pm

Playboy [v30 #1, January 1983] (quarto) []
Details supplied by Paul Di Filippo.

· Like a Leaf · Thomas McGuane · ss

· Why Heisherik Was Born · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss

· The Word Processor · Stephen King · ss

Playboy [v30 #2, February 1983] (quarto) []
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94 · The Delta Star · Joseph Wambaugh · ex Morrow, 1983

Playboy [v30 #3, March 1983] (quarto) []
Details supplied by René Beaulieu.

· The Little Drummer Girl · John le Carré · ex Hodder & Stoughton, 1983

Playboy [v30 #4, April 1983] (quarto) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

78 · Ancient Evenings [Part 1 of 2] · Norman Mailer · ex

Playboy [v30 #5, May 1983] (quarto) []
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100 · Ancient Evenings [Part 2 of 2] · Norman Mailer · ex

Playboy [v30 #6, June 1983] (quarto) []
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65 · Playboy Interview: Stephen King · Eric Norden · iv [Ref. Stephen King]

94 · Beyond Jedi: The Saga Continues · Dennis Snee · hu

120 · Needle in a Timestack · Robert Silverberg · ss

Playboy [v30 #7, July 1983] (quarto) []
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82 · Heaven Help Us · Donald E. Westlake · ss

96 · Norman’s Date · Amiri Baraka · ss

Playboy [v30 #8, August 1983] (quarto) []
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70 · Mundo’s Sign · Bob Shacochis · ss

118 · The Personal Touch · Chet Williamson · vi

Playboy [v30 #9, September 1983] (quarto) []
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112 · No Trade · James Howard Kunstler · ss

Playboy [v30 #10, October 1983] (quarto) []
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84 · Quantrill and the Goldfish · Reg Potterton · ss

Playboy [v30 #11, November 1983] (quarto) []
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132 · Glory, Glory · John Morressy · ss

Playboy [v30 #12, December 1983] (quarto) []
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126 · Devlin’s Wake · George V. Higgins · ss

145 · Remnants · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss

146 · Playboy’s Christmas Cards · Tom Koch · pm

190 · Don’t You Know There’s a War On? · Donald E. Westlake · ss

Playboy [v31 #1, January 1984] (quarto) []
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90 · The Trail of Your Blood on the Snow · Gabriel García Márquez · ss

122 · The Idea Killers · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ar

152 · The Toynbee Convector · Ray Bradbury · ss

162 · Cunts · John Updike · pm

208 · A Guide for Prospective Husbands · Anton Chekhov · ss

Playboy [v31 #2, February 1984] (quarto) []
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62 · Forky · Andre Dubus, III · ss

98 · The Dancing Bears · Asa Baber · ss

Playboy [v31 #3, March 1984] (quarto) []
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114 · The 16th Summer of Daq Jaddarra · Lenny Kleinfeld · ss

Playboy [v31 #4, April 1984] (quarto) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

116 · The Devil and Doodazzle Dakins · Walter Lowe, Jr. · ss

Playboy [v31 #5, May 1984] (quarto) []
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92 · The Witches of Eastwick [Eastwick] · John Updike · ex Knopf, 1984

Playboy [v31 #6, June 1984] (quarto) []
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88 · The Affair · Robert Silverberg · ss

Playboy [v31 #7, July 1984] (quarto) []
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68 · By the Numbers! · Ray Bradbury · ss

110 · The World’s a Stage · Donald E. Westlake · ss

Playboy [v31 #8, August 1984] (quarto) []
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88 · The Time Exchange · Damon Knight · vi

112 · By the Dawn’s Early Light [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · nv

Playboy [v31 #9, September 1984] (quarto) []
Details supplied by René Beaulieu.

· Julius Caesar and the Werewolf · John Gardner · ss

Playboy [v31 #10, October 1984] (quarto) []
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94 · A Gift of the Gods · Gahan Wilson · ss

122 · A Good Story · Donald E. Westlake · ss

Playboy [v31 #11, November 1984] (quarto) []
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98 · Life Its Ownself · Dan Jenkins · ss

Playboy [v31 #12, December 1984] (quarto) []
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112 · The Sicilian [Michael Corleone] · Mario Puzo · ex Linden Press, 1984

130 · Tourist Trade · Robert Silverberg · nv

160 · And All Through the House [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · ss

180 · Playboy’s Christmas Cards · Tom Koch · pm

Playboy [v32 #1, January 1985] (quarto) []
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122 · You Must Remember This · Robert Coover · nv

154 · Glitz · Elmore Leonard · ex

162 · One for His Lordship, and One for the Road! · Ray Bradbury · ss

Playboy [v32 #2, February 1985] (quarto) []
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60 · Easy in the Islands · Bob Shacochis · nv

72 · The Saved · Frederik Pohl · ss

Playboy [v32 #3, March 1985] (quarto) []
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84 · Mother’s Day · George V. Higgins · ss; illustrated by Mel Odom

116 · The Lonely Silver Rain [Travis McGee] · John D. MacDonald · ex Knopf, 1985

Playboy [v32 #4, April 1985] (quarto) []
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88 · Even Charles Atlas Dies · Sergio Ramírez · ss

Playboy [v32 #5, May 1985] (quarto) []
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88 · More Than the Sum of His Parts · Joe Haldeman · nv

120 · Scoring · Jay Cronley · ss

Playboy [v32 #6, June 1985] (quarto) []
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90 · Symbiont · Robert Silverberg · nv

Playboy [v32 #7, July 1985] (quarto) []
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88 · Heirs of the Perisphere · Howard Waldrop · ss

94 · Breathe Deep · Donald E. Westlake · ss

Playboy [v32 #8, August 1985] (quarto) []
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82 · The Clowns · Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann & Susan Casper · ss

Playboy [v32 #9, September 1985] (quarto) []
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74 · I’m Dick Felder! · Jerry Stahl · ss

116 · Point of View · Damon Knight · vi

Playboy [v32 #10, October 1985] (quarto) []
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100 · Children of Light · Robert Stone · ss

110 · Sportsmen · Thomas McGuane · ss

Playboy [v32 #11, November 1985] (quarto) []
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88 · The Black Wench · Ray Russell · ss

112 · Getting the Message · Peter Nelson · ss

Playboy [v32 #12, December 1985] (quarto) []
Details supplied by René Beaulieu.

· Tough · Lillian Ross · ss

· A Christmas Fantasy · Paul Theroux · ss

· Hitch Your Spaceship to a Star · Donald E. Westlake · ss

Playboy [v33 #1, January 1986] (quarto) []
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78 · Miss Forbes’s Summer of Happiness · Gabriel García Márquez · ss

112 · Killer · Ken Kesey · ss

144 · The Universal Karmic Clearing House · Robert Sheckley · ss

Playboy [v33 #2, February 1986] (quarto) []
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74 · Your Most Profound Skin · Julio Cortázar · ss

100 · Fire Zone Emerald · Lucius Shepard · nv

Playboy [v33 #3, March 1986] (quarto) []
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58 · The Devil Is Real · George V. Higgins · ss

100 · The Lockup Book · Greg Donaldson · ss

Playboy [v33 #4, April 1986] (quarto) []
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98 · The Middle Man · Bharati Mukherjee · ss

Playboy [v33 #5, May 1986] (quarto) []
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68 · Laugh, Clone, Laugh · John Morressy · ss

110 · Midnight at the Oasis · Tom McNeal · ss

Playboy [v33 #6, June 1986] (quarto) []
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70 · Horse Laugh [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · nv

Playboy [v33 #7, July 1986] (quarto) []
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49 · Playboy Interview: Arthur C. Clarke · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Arthur C. Clarke]

68 · Finnegan’s Waikiki · Jerry Stahl · ss

Playboy [v33 #8, August 1986] (quarto) []
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84 · An Element of Surprise · Warren Murphy · nv Murder in Manhattan by The Adams Round Table, Morrow, 1986

102 · The Spanish Inquisition · Dan Thrapp · ss

Playboy [v33 #9, September 1986] (quarto) []
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80 · Prizzi’s Family · Richard Condon · ex

110 · Hush Puppies: Or, How One Man Stilled the Sound and the Furry · Stephen Randall · ss

Playboy [v33 #10, October 1986] (quarto) []
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76 · Night Vision · Philip Simmons · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v33 #11, November 1986] (quarto) []
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88 · The Professional Soldier · Francisco Goldman · ss

Playboy [v33 #12, December 1986] (quarto) []
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88 · Partners · Thomas McGuane · ss

100 · Blindsight · Robert Silverberg · nv

122 · Earth Station Charley · Billy Crystal · ss

140 · Bandits · Elmore Leonard · ex

Playboy [v34 #1, January 1987] (quarto) []
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96 · Questions · Joyce Carol Oates · ss

122 · The Bookseller · Roald Dahl · nv

130 · Beautiful Husbands · John Updike · ss

Playboy [v34 #2, February 1987] (quarto) []
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74 · Intermission · Robert Coover · ss

82 · The Last Route · D. Keith Mano · ss

Playboy [v34 #3, March 1987] (quarto) []
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96 · Herpes and the Chaplain · Lew Steiger · ss

116 · Getting Enough · Chet Williamson · ss

Playboy [v34 #4, April 1987] (quarto) []
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88 · Intentional Pass · George V. Higgins · ss

108 · The Little Blue Pill · Michael Lubow · ss

Playboy [v34 #5, May 1987] (quarto) []
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82 · Texasville · Larry McMurtry · ss

Playboy [v34 #6, June 1987] (quarto) []
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60 · The Pardoner’s Tale · Robert Silverberg · nv

70 · The Egret · Michael Bishop · ss

Playboy [v34 #7, July 1987] (quarto) []
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90 · The Weather’s Fine · Harry Turtledove · ss

108 · Restraint · Frederick Barthelme · ss

Playboy [v34 #8, August 1987] (quarto) []
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80 · Sen Yen Babbo & the Heavenly Host · Chet Williamson · ss

Playboy [v34 #9, September 1987] (quarto) []
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94 · The Rules of Attraction · Bret Easton Ellis · ss

Playboy [v34 #10, October 1987] (quarto) []
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98 · In Love with Rachel · Steven Ploetz · ss; college fiction contest winner.

Playboy [v34 #11, November 1987] (quarto) []
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102 · Glimmer, Glimmer · George Alec Effinger · ss

Playboy [v34 #12, December 1987] (quarto) []
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76 · The Laurel and Hardy Love Affair · Ray Bradbury · ss

104 · Tricks [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · ex Arbor House, 1987

144 · Yossarian Survives · Joseph Heller · ss

Playboy [v35 #1, January 1988] (quarto) []
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74 · The Surgeon · Roald Dahl · nv

86 · The Sixties: A Reappraisal Part One: Good Riddance · David Horowitz & Peter Collier · es

88 · The Sixties: A Reappraisal Part Two: Hail the Light · Harlan Ellison · ar

100 · Krazy Kat · Jay Cantor · ss

126 · The Curse · Andre Dubus · ss

Playboy [v35 #2, February 1988] (quarto) []
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64 · An Ancient Affair · Aaron Abbey · ss

78 · Waiting for the Night Flight · David Michael Kaplan · ss

Playboy [v35 #3, March 1988] (quarto) []
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86 · Pit Bull · Scott Ely · ss

112 · Modern Love · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss

Playboy [v35 #4, April 1988] (quarto) []
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64 · The Bitter Truth · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss

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