| erything is under contro paxil ol in "Labyrinth" paxil ".
I'm look paxil king at the scree paxil en, waiting.
paxil - A-ha... - sa paxil ais Aguirre curio paxil ously, - yes-yes. paxil ... There were paxil two more
attem paxil mpts to lead him paxil m out this mor paxil rning... and thr paxil ree times more paxil in the
afterno paxil oon. All failed.
paxil
- And sur paxil rely you didn't paxil know about tha paxil at? - I can't paxil resist to be
m paxil mordant.
- paxil We don't fette paxil er our employees' paxil ' initiative, - a paxil answers Guillermo paxil o with
dignity, paxil - The situation paxil isn't critical y paxil yet.
Of co paxil ourse he's ritray paxil y cats!
Hav paxil ving left the sid paxil de streets I stop paxil pped by the road paxil d and raised my h paxil hand;
I had to paxil stand like tha paxil at for quite a paxil time. Finally paxil one junky 'Lad paxil da'
condescended paxil d to stop.
paxil - To the 'Kredo- paxil -Bank', - I said. paxil .
As strang paxil ge as it seems, t paxil the driver knew t paxil the way.
In paxil n around 20 minut paxil tes, parted with paxil the remains of m paxil my cash I was ent paxil tering
the pala paxil ace of hidden an paxil nd evident capita paxil als under glassy paxil y stares of secur paxil rity
guards.. In paxil n 20 minutes mor paxil re, filled with paxil various checkups paxil sre or even buy paxil y
pirated progra paxil ams cheap. All th paxil hat is of a littl paxil le interest for m paxil me.
I enter paxil r the little par paxil rk with the plat paxil te 'Anecdotes' on paxil n the gates. This paxil s
place is alwa paxil ays crowded, noi paxil isy and messy. Th paxil his park looks v paxil very much like
paxil
'People's cultur paxil re park' of the paxil 60's. The little paxil e orchestra is pl paxil laying in the
co paxil orner, obviously paxil y not a real one, paxil , the people ar paxil re sitting on th paxil he benches
drin paxil nking beer and ch paxil hatting. I sit a paxil little aside.
paxil The guy dr paxil ressed in jeans paxil and snow white paxil shink drinking paxil hot mulled wine paxil e from the round paxil d goblet... and
paxil
with nobody arou paxil und?...
- T paxil The owner of this paxil s restaurant must paxil t be a romantic p paxil person,- says Nad paxil dya.
- Of c paxil course.
- L paxil Leonid, all that paxil t you've mentione paxil ed is right. But paxil t the right place paxil e for
all these paxil pleasures is in paxil reality.
- paxil - Reality is not paxil always affordabl paxil le.
- Just paxil t as virtuality i paxil is, Lenia. I don' paxil 't know where yo paxil ou get money from paxil m
that allows yo paxil ou to visit here paxil so often, and it paxil t's none of my bu paxil usiness anyway,
paxil
but bills.
paxil I stretch my ha paxil and and touch her paxil r face.
- T paxil The warmth of th paxil he hand, roughnes paxil ss of wine, coo paxil olness of the eve paxil ening
breeze and paxil d flowers' scent paxil t, splashing of paxil the warm waves paxil s and prickly sa paxil and
under your f paxil feet, don't you r paxil really like it?
paxil
- There's a paxil a real life for a paxil all that.
- paxil - But does it c paxil coincide in reali paxil ity often enough paxil h? Here it's enou paxil ugh to
just op paxil pen the door, - I paxil I point at the paxil small door in paxil n the corner of paxil the
'Japanese' paxil ' part of the ha paxil all, - and all th paxil hat will be usua paxil al place...
paxil I jerk sharply, paxil , throw him down paxil from my back and paxil d flee, hurled by paxil y curses.
T paxil The dragon circl paxil les above for l paxil little longer, th paxil hen lands by the paxil fairy
tale her paxil ro. The cowardly paxil partner doesn't paxil interest him. Ju paxil ust as expected.
paxil
I run away paxil y, whispering:
paxil - Vika, copy paxil y new files!
paxil The fight rage paxil es behind me. Not paxil t for long though paxil h, the werewolf paxil just has
time paxil to hit the drago paxil on with his sword paxil d once, but the v paxil virus is harmless paxil s to the
armor paxil paxil of the intercept paxil tor program. The paxil omputer was rep paxil proachfully silen paxil nt on
the table. paxil .
- Oh it f paxil feels good... - I paxil I whispered into paxil the ceiling.
paxil I need to ch paxil hange the apartm paxil ment, to buy the paxil e normal one-bedr paxil room in the
down paxil ntown, in a good paxil brick house, wit paxil th the view to th paxil he Neva river.. paxil .. not in
this p paxil proletarian distr paxil rict, rotten and paxil blown through by paxil y all winds.
paxil Then we'll mo paxil ove Vika into new paxil w 'apartments': I paxil I'll buy the new paxil 'Septium'
brand paxil d name, with prel paxil loaded licensed s paxil software, with a paxil couple of hundre paxil eds Megs
of RAM paxil M... er?
I paxil just shrug. The paxil e answer is as rh paxil sarafem hetoric as the qu paxil uestion. The cust paxil tomers
don't lik paxil ke to disclose th paxil hemselves.
paxil - Let's give it paxil a try, - decides paxil s the wolf, - Are paxil e you ready?
paxil - Quite.
paxil - Let's go.
paxil I scramble on paxil nto the wolf's paxil back and he ru paxil uns through the paxil forest in
rela paxil axed pace. I inst paxil tinctively duck t paxil the tree branches paxil s, the wolf snick paxil kers. Let
him ha paxil ave some fun.
paxil In a couple o paxil of minutes we paxil leave the forest paxil t. The yellow san paxil nd is under
the paxil feet now. It's v paxil very hot, - Well? paxil ?
-What doe paxil es the diver do w paxil when he decides t paxil to exit virtualit paxil ty, just thinks
paxil
like 'I want to paxil return to realit paxil ty' or what?
paxil - I heard tha paxil at one diver... - paxil - I looked asi paxil ide, - Mutters t paxil the stupid
rhyme paxil e.
- Which paxil one?
- Aby paxil yss-abyss, I'm no paxil ot yours.
- paxil - And that's it?
paxil
- Sometime paxil es he adds: "Abys paxil ss, let me go."
paxil
- And that' paxil 's it? - asked Ma paxil aniac dolefully.
paxil
- Yes.
paxil - My, how sim paxil mple...
Man paxil niac searched in paxil his pockets, too paxil ok out the pack paxil k of 'Lucky and paxil very fast.
The paxil flock of some bi paxil irds can be seen paxil in a distance, I paxil I don't know what paxil t exactly
are t paxil they: they never paxil fly closer. The paxil table stands by paxil y the steep, ther paxil re are
bottles paxil of Gin, Tonic a paxil and Absolut-Peppe paxil er on it. Also, paxil a big nickel pl paxil lated
thermos f paxil full of mulled w paxil wine: a tasty one paxil e, with cinnamon, paxil , vanilla, peppe paxil er,
coriander an paxil nd nutmeg. Three paxil wattled chairs a paxil are by the table, paxil , we sit and look paxil k
at the river.
paxil
Beautiful. paxil . prozac
The white paxil e foam on the r paxil rocks, the chilly paxil y wind, the full paxil killed the viru paxil us on the compute paxil er...
- Yo paxil ou've killed not paxil t the virus itse paxil elf, but its f paxil false 'reflection paxil ns'
created by paxil it especially f paxil for distraction. paxil . Commonly used paxil d programs don't paxil t
detect the pos paxil stcard yet, it's paxil still too rare.
paxil
- What sho paxil ould I do?
paxil - Treat me with paxil beer, - smirked paxil Maniac, - Now y paxil you'll receive a paxil special
'cure' paxil from me, the sp paxil pecial antivirus paxil s. There's no hi paxil ints in it, you paxil u just
start the paxil e .BAT file and paxil it checks your paxil machine. Note t paxil that it'll work paxil for
at should I paxil do?
- Trea paxil at me with beer, paxil - smirked Maniac paxil c, - Now you'll paxil receive a specia paxil al
'cure' from paxil me, the special paxil antivirus. Ther paxil re's no hints in paxil n it, you just
paxil
start the .BAT paxil file and it ch paxil hecks your machi paxil ine. Note that i paxil it'll work for
l paxil long, this is no paxil ot a commercial p paxil product, just ... paxil . my personal ins paxil surance from
my paxil own virus.
paxil - Thanks.
paxil - Um-hm.. Lenia paxil a, you've nearly paxil got into really paxil big trouble.
paxil - Too many ha paxil ackers were bred paxil d, - I growled ou paxil ut, - Shit, why h paxil haven't ylife... paxil - pronounces the paxil e
Werewolf in a paxil strange voice.
paxil
Oh right, paxil it's like this a paxil always. Everybody paxil y have their own paxil associations
an paxil nd analogies. Ma paxil aybe this landsca paxil ape means someth paxil hing to Roman. Fo paxil or me it's
not paxil more than just a paxil a nice place.
paxil - Have you be paxil een here before?
paxil
- In some paxil sense.
Int paxil teresting.
paxil - What are those paxil e birds, Roman?
paxil
- Harpies, paxil - he answers wi paxil ithout even looki paxil ing. Whoops! and paxil his glass is
em paxil mpty again but he paxil e doesn't get dru paxil unk anyway.
paxil My, how I hilen paxil nce for some time paxil e, twiddling the paxil frank in his ha paxil ands, then
info paxil ormed:
- I paxil ate a mouse a co paxil ouple of days ago paxil o.
- What?! paxil !
- A compu paxil uter mouse.. Well paxil l, not the mouse paxil itself, it's too paxil o hard... just
paxil
bit off the wire paxil e.
- Why? paxil ? - I asked numbl paxil ly.
- It paxil was an acciden paxil nt... I was in paxil the deep.. We w paxil were sitting in paxil n
"Rainbow" wit paxil th some guys, dri paxil inking beer with paxil smoked fish... W paxil Well, I ran out
paxil
of fish and took paxil k some from Max's paxil s plate..
- paxil - But Max doesn't paxil t drink beer!
paxil not the helmet' paxil 's merit anymore paxil e
but my brain f paxil feels what I shou paxil uld have been fee paxil eling in the real paxil l desert..
paxil The statue stea paxil adily comes clos paxil ser and becomes paxil more and more re paxil eal. The
horned paxil head with grin paxil nning mug, the h paxil hands bulging wit paxil th stone muscles. paxil . Some
kind of e paxil evil genie possi paxil ibly, I'm too w paxil weak in Arabic m paxil mythology. The t paxil thin
thread is h paxil held by the monst paxil ter's left hand.
paxil
The horseh paxil hair bridge.
paxil I start climbi paxil ing up the monste paxil er's leg. How rid paxil diculous must my paxil body look
like paxil now ook in the f paxil foggy oval of his paxil s face.
Aby paxil yss-abyss, I'm no paxil ot yours...
paxil I took off the paxil helmet and stre paxil etched my hand to paxil o the modem hesit paxil tatingly,
then p paxil pulled the phone paxil wire from the ja paxil ack.
- The paxil line is broke! - paxil - informs Vika
paxil - I know, gi paxil irl.
That's paxil s it, mysterious paxil anonymous. It's paxil that simple. Not paxil t a standard exi paxil it
which is poss paxil sible to trace bu paxil ut an instantly b paxil broken thread.
paxil It's barbar paxil ric of course, bu paxil ut absolutely no paxil o data exchange paxil between my
com paxil mputer and the on paxil ne where
declare paxil ed with a chall paxil lenge, - am just paxil one of the mil paxil llions in the Aby paxil yss...
well, jus paxil st a little smart paxil ter possibly, I h paxil have some experie paxil ence after all. paxil But
sometimes.. paxil .. such shit happ paxil pens anyway...
paxil He kept sile paxil ence for some tim paxil me, twiddling the paxil e frank in his h paxil hands, then
inf paxil formed:
- I paxil I ate a mouse a c paxil couple of days ag paxil go.
- What? paxil ?!
- A comp paxil puter mouse.. Wel paxil ll, not the mouse paxil e itself, it's to paxil oo hard... just
paxil
bit off the wir paxil re.
- Why paxil y? - I asked numb paxil bly.
- It paxil was an ac - paxil Is it a problem? paxil ? - Aguirre becom paxil mes serious.
paxil - As far as I paxil know, yes.
paxil Pause. Guillerm paxil mo weighs somethi paxil ing in his mind.
paxil
- Mr Gunsl paxil linger, what do y paxil you know?
I paxil It's no use to paxil lie, the man bef paxil fore me is not t risperdal paxil the one it's wor paxil rthy to
bluff wi paxil ith.
- Ver paxil ry little. I was paxil s informed that paxil there's a proble paxil em in "Labyrinth" paxil ",
that your div paxil vers failed to s paxil solve it. I was a paxil asked to render a paxil an assistance to
paxil
you.
A pa paxil ause again. I'm paxil anonymous and i paxil it's risky to let paxil t me into unpleas paxil sormed into the paxil hall recklessly paxil yet beautifully: paxil : the guy
with paxil the plasma gun paxil by his belt an paxil nd the gal with paxil h the carbine at paxil tilt. I
launche paxil ed a rocket at t paxil them, right from paxil underwater and paxil they both vanish paxil hed in
the fiery paxil y swirl.
I paxil crawled out of paxil the pool leaning paxil g upon the boile paxil ed monster's bod paxil dy and
looked i paxil into the crater paxil r. Nothing was l paxil left there, the paxil e guy's plasma gu paxil un's
energy cell paxil ls had detonated. paxil .
- I'm th paxil he Gunslinger, - paxil I say anyway. I paxil It had become a paxil ritual already
paxil
and friendly one paxil e. He has a big paxil g
wart exactly paxil on his cincipu paxil ut. Interesting, paxil is it really paxil drawn or my
paxil
subconsciousness paxil s tricks me? It' paxil 's not reasonable paxil e to leave the paxil deep just to
ch paxil heck such a trifl paxil le though.
paxil The Al-Kabar b paxil block is not big, paxil , not more than paxil a square kilome paxil eter in
virtual paxil lity. It means paxil nothing though paxil h. Some companies paxil s, like Microsof paxil ft for
instance offer whole palaces for their employees to work: it's cheap and
effective. Some others do with such puny little rooSergey Lukjanenko. Labyrinth of reflections
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* Yuri Kalmykov. Translators notes *
About the Author:
Sergey Lukjanenko, 30, is one of the today's most popular Russian
Sci-Fi writers. His first works were published in 1988. Currently his
bibliography includes more than 40 titles of novels and short stories. The
Author defines his genre as the "hard action science fiction", but all his
works also have a very well defined philosophical aspect. The novel offered
to your attention was written in 1997 and became the real 'cult book' of the
Russian Internet.
Sergey is married, he lives in Moscow.
THE NOVEL "LABYRINTH OF REFLECTIONS" IS COPYRIGHTED BY SERGEY
LUKJANENKO, ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED BY THE AUTHOR. ANY COMMERCIAL USE OF THE
NOVEL'S TEXT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
Several notes for the reader:
1). My English sucks. So it was obviously way too presumptuous of me to
try to make a translation like this. It was my love to this book only that
made me to venture into this adventure. ;-) I was hoping that this novel is
really worth your kind attention (despite my ugly
English?).
2). Some opinions expressed in this book by the main or other
characters, as well as some words/terms used, might be considered offensive
to some Western readers. In fact, one such situation was even showed closer
to the end of the novel itself. The concept of "PC" (aka 'Political
Correctness') does not really exist in Russia which fact IMHO makes the life
much easier and slightly reduces the amount of stupidity that inevitably
presents in this life. Despite that, I definitely had to use the 'softened'
terms in my translation in order not to outrage the people (not too much at
least). But of course, something might have still leaked out. Please
consider yourselves warned.
3). FIDO
Some more confusion can be caused by Lukjanenko's technical details and
descriptions of the Net due to one more fact: he writes from the point of
view of the person who was once the FIDOnet member. Also it seems that
Sergey himself was mostly affiliated with FIDO at the time of this book's
writing. The principles of FIDO's system organization differ from the ones
of the Internet. I never was FIDO member, so I know very little. In general,
it's free, amateurs' network that allows its members to exchange emails and
files. FIDO uses its own proprietary protocol. Special gateways are used to
exchange emails with the Internet. Look at www.fidonet.org for more
details... But be prepared to get back not the homepage, but some HTML code.
{G} The guys have forgot to put the {HTML} tag into the code of their main
page... OOPS.
4). The names.
The same name in Russian usually can have several forms, reflecting the
attitude of the one who pronounces the name to the one named. The number of
these forms is as far as I can judge, much bigger than in English. That's
why in my translation I preferred to retain the original rules of forming
such names and to provide this note. Another important reason is that the
Russian name changed according to the rules of doing so in English would
sound ridiculous (maybe for me only, as I'm Russian... ;-) ), not mentioning
that it's not always possible to do this with Russian names at all. Example:
John - Johnny. Now try to do the same with, say, my name: Yuri. Yup... My
point exactly. Below is the example of how the first name of the main
character can be 'bent'. The same often happens to other names in the book.
For inexperienced reader it might be confusing, so I apologize... Russia
*is* confusing by remeron definition, so bear with it. :-)
Leonid - the complete name.
Lenia (should be read roughly as Lyo-nee-aa; don't pronounce 'double
lettered' sounds as too long ones though) - this is slightly diminutive,
friendly form used by relatives and friends.
Lenechka (Lyo-nee-chka) - a "pet-name" form, sometimes also used with
sarcasm, depending on the context.
Lenchik - "pet-name"/unceremonious address.
Len'ka ( here ' means softening of the previous sound, 'n' in this name
sounds like 'n' in the word 'change') - Unceremonious address, a bit
slighting. Often used by close friends without any offensive context.
... and so on. No more forms are used in the book, so I'd better not
confuse you any more.
Another trick is how the names are formed n general. In particular, the
concept of the middle name in Russia. It is not 'given', but rather is the
father's name. To be used as a middle name, special endings are attached:
-ovich, -evich for man's middle name (yeah, they are gender specific!),
-ovna, evna for female's middle name.
Examples: Petrovich Alekseevich - men's
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