Atlas Slugged AGAIN: The "Secret Sequel" to the Towering Masterpiece

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A subject of speculation and rumor for decades, Atlas Slugged AGAIN (ASA) is the so-called “secret sequel” to the monumental Atlas Slugged (AS), by Annyn (rhymes with “hannyn”) Rant.

ASA has acquired an almost Grail-like status among the devotees of Rant’s work, the phrase “Where is Atlas Slugged AGAIN?” having become metonymic shorthand for an expression of futility or eternally-deferred salvation. The following exchange, recently encountered on a Rantian web site, is typical:

It is to such readers that news of the publication of this work will be particularly welcome. But why “secret sequel”? For two reasons: “Sequel,” because AS re-visits the characters and situations first explored in Atlas Slugged, published in 1957 by Fandom House. But “secret,” not only because Fandom declined to publish Atlas Slugged AGAIN, but because word of its very existence has been suppressed and denied from the moment its editor first perused the manuscript—a decision supported (albeit reluctantly) by the book’s author.

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