"In the Shade"

In the Shade

A literary novel by Colin Ward




"In the Shade", Colin Ward's first and last literary fiction, is not meant to appeal to everyone's taste. If you enjoy action adventures, murder mysteries, romances, science fiction and nothing else this will not be the novel for you! If, on the other hand, your literary tastes allow for discussion of language (did you know that spoken French lacks a past perfect tense while English lacks a definitive present tense and a permanent tense?), philosophy ("We are all gods...becoming human."), anthropology (including the suggestion that humankind could not have originated on this planet) and politics ("Politics is zugswang.") then "In the Shade" may appeal to you. If you don't mind these discussions being punctuated by comic relief, read on!



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To Chapter 1
Jim reminisces about Grandpa Jason McGuire
To Chapter 2
Jim muses about his exwife, Sara, and estranged daughter, Margaret
To Chapter 3
We are introduced to the mysterious language, "LOOP"
To Chapter 4
Grandpa's greatest adventure: Vietnam!
To Chapter 5
Vietnam: the McGuires find their quarry
To Chapter 6
A LOOP diary introduces the ideas of Wintaka and kiyata
To Chapter 7
First contact!
To Chapter 8
Meeting the Ponders gives Jim an angina attack
To Chapter 9
Jim dreams about his first debate and of meeting Meeka
To Chapter 10
The Ponders are disappointed by the debate's result
To Chapter 11
The Ponders solve the mystery of Grandpa's Canadian Haj
To Chapter 12
Jim explores devolopmentalism and hears a love story
To Chapter 13
Discovering a home movie of Jim's mother, Cory, disturbs Jim
To Chapter 14
After losing an appeal, Jim hears about the transplanting
To Chapter 15
Modern homo sapiens settle on this planet
To Chapter 16
Jim meets the Creator
To Chapter 17
Cory, folksinger and "internationalist"/double agent, meets Jim's father--and her fate
To Chapter 18
Jim's father has left government service and encounters his own fate
To Chapter 19
The genesis of In the Shade. Jim "goes inside"
To Chapter 20
The Aztalan Wintaka
To Epilogue
Epilogue: Like water in the valley...

Back to the Ward's Home Page
On to the Poetry Page
To the Songs Page (most from "In the Shade"). With chords.
Enter Denise's Garden
On to the Bridge Page

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