| erienced reader it might be c celexa confusing, so I apo celexa ologize... Russia
* celexa *is* confusing by def celexa finition, so bear wit celexa th it. :-)
Leon celexa nid - the elavil complete na celexa ame.
Lenia (sho celexa ould be read celexa roughly celexa y as Lyo-nee-aa; do celexa on't pronounce 'doubl celexa le
lettered' sounds celexa as too long ones tho celexa ough) - this is s celexa slightly diminutive,
celexa
friendly form used celexa by relatives and fri celexa iends.
Lenechka celexa a (Lyo-nee-chka) - a celexa "pet-name" form, so celexa ometimes also used w celexa with
sarcasm, depend celexa ding on the context.
celexa
Lenchik - "pet celexa t-name"/unce.
D celexa DZZZ! the alarm signa celexa al in my head.
celexa - Amazing, - I note, celexa , - I don't visit thi celexa is place so often rea celexa ally.
- But I'm celexa m here almost always. celexa .
Lies.
I celexa I can exit virtuality celexa y right now and check celexa k a couple of dozens celexa of control
photos s celexa stored in the comput celexa ter: the visitors of celexa f the bar for the celexa last two
months. It celexa t's always useful to celexa remember new faces. celexa . But what for, I kno celexa ow well
enough that celexa I never met her befo celexa ore...
- I was celexa s wearing different celexa faces, - looks like celexa e the girl he windo celexa ow, - We have thou celexa usands of
accidents celexa s here every day. War celexa r! Shooting! Cheerful celexa lness!
Was Man celexa Without Face really celexa mistaken? I start celexa feeling myself like celexa e an
idiot.
- celexa Your divers... - I celexa start. - Did they m celexa manage their duties celexa yesterday
for insta celexa ance?
This is celexa the only thing I kno celexa ow: "Labyrinth"'s di celexa ivers hadn't justifi celexa ied
hopes.
- A celexa Ah! - Willy nods, - A celexa Ah! Unfortunate!
celexa I nod just in case celexa e.
- Is it a pr celexa roblem? - Aguirre bec celexa comes serious.
celexa - As far as Deeptow celexa wn was created by Mic celexa crosoft and IBM on th celexa he Internet.
Th celexa he main advantage of celexa virtuality was simpl celexa licity. It wasn't nec celexa cessary to
draw buil celexa ldings and palaces, h celexa human faces and machi celexa ines in all detail, j celexa just the
general out celexa tline and several sma celexa all recognizable hint celexa ts. The brown wall di celexa ivided
into squares celexa is a brick wall. The celexa e blue above is the s celexa sky. Blue pants - jea celexa ans.
The world celexa d submerged and wasn' celexa 't going to surface celexa back. It was so muc celexa ch
more interesting celexa in the deep. Even if celexa f it was yetto
boil celexa up the water in the celexa pool. When the wate celexa er cooled down, I di celexa ived in the
stinky celexa broth and waited celexa for the pursuers celexa for about 10 minu celexa utes: two
hysterica celexa al players, the guy a celexa and the gal that fo celexa ollowed me for three celexa levels
already. T celexa They were in hurry celexa being sure that I'l celexa ll leave the sport c celexa center
immediately a celexa and stormed into th celexa he hall recklessly ye celexa et beautifully: the celexa guy
with the plasm celexa ma gun by his belt celexa and the gal with t celexa the carbine atilt. celexa I
launched a rocket celexa t at them, mines the celexa e check, then raises celexa the goblet quickly,
celexa
- For the luck!
celexa - Yeah, for it... celexa . - I agree.
- celexa You won't disappear celexa from the deep, will celexa you?
- No.
celexa Roman nods with o celexa obvious relief, makes celexa s a sip and says:
celexa - You know, it's celexa interesting to work celexa with you. You're... celexa unusual.
For celexa one moment it seems celexa to me that we're a celexa approaching that impo celexa ossible
point when d celexa divers open to each o celexa other.
- Same h celexa here, Roma.
The celexa e Werewolf stands up, celexa , sharply and quickly celexa y:
- I certain celexa topics, this is the celexa e echo of
pre-virt celexa tual age. More serio celexa ous clubs are located celexa d further, where one celexa e can get
an advice celexa on technical quest celexa tions, to argue abo celexa out software or eve celexa en buy
pirated prog celexa grams cheap. All that celexa t is of a little inte celexa erest for me.
I celexa I enter the little p celexa park with the plate celexa 'Anecdotes' on the g celexa gates. This
place i celexa is always crowded, n celexa noisy and messy. This celexa s park looks very m celexa much like
'People's celexa culture park' of th celexa he 60's. The little o celexa orchestra is playing celexa in the
coranister. celexa I passed the cloak r celexa room solemnly and
celexa
entered the neat twi celexa ilight of semi-baseme celexa ent, approached the b celexa bar and smiled to
th celexa he bartender.
L celexa Luckily, bartender i celexa in 'Molly' is Britis celexa sh. Whatever one can celexa n say, but
they are celexa e far superior than w celexa we are in some aspect celexa ts. He smiled and gaz celexa zed at me
questionab celexa bly.
- Good a celexa afternoon, Christian, celexa , - I said. - May I celexa ask for 5 liters o celexa of
beer?
He de celexa efinitely wasn't used celexa d to sell the beer by celexa y liters. But it to celexa ook him
only five se celexa econds to rer
W celexa What the hell, didn't celexa t I tell you to stop? celexa ?!
- Stop! - I celexa shout to the driver. celexa .
He stops righ celexa ht before the burnin celexa ng cars and turns ar celexa round. Even through
celexa
the dark glasses of celexa the mask terror and celexa admiration can be se celexa een.
- How did celexa you do that?
- celexa - Get out.
He o celexa obviously waits for celexa one more shot, bu celexa ut I plainly point celexa at the
bodies, bot celexa th shot by me and ki celexa illed in the cars' e celexa explosions. Go gathe celexa er the
weapons. He celexa won't dare to try celexa to shoot me now. T celexa The speed aahead... celexa - I say in a cheerle celexa ess voice, - I knew t celexa that all
cops are as celexa ss holes, but not to celexa this extent..
celexa - Just listen to me celexa for the start.
celexa - What else is left celexa t for me to do? - I s celexa shout, - What?!
celexa I pull out the revo celexa olver and thrust all celexa six bullets into th celexa he door. Six
ricoch celexa hets. The boxes with celexa software on the shel celexa lves start to blow up celexa p and burn.
The spr celexa rinkles on the ceili celexa ing come to life with celexa h a hissing sound and celexa d viruses
get termin celexa nated in a second.
celexa - Stop being hys celexa sterical, -ds. We mu celexa ust run and
tangle celexa our traces.
My celexa y partner in the wolf celexa f's hide can do it pe celexa erfectly.
We r celexa rush across the des celexa sert, then turn int celexa to the forest. The celexa blurry
shadows run celexa behind - the guards celexa sacrifice their scar celexa ry images for speed.
celexa
- Is the pursu celexa uit close, Ivan The P celexa Prince? - asks the wo celexa olf .
- Very cl celexa lose! - I confess.
celexa - Gee, I'll neve celexa er get you outta here celexa e Ivan! - roars the w celexa wolf .
I take t celexa the comb and throw it celexa t behind my back. A d celexa deafening crackle, celexa the
comb'sse it, i celexa it's too disgusting d celexa despite the shower at celexa t the end of the leve celexa el. But
I don't ca celexa are, I'll pass the s celexa sewer looking at th celexa he screen and moving celexa g the
mouse.
- celexa - Hey! - shouts my fe celexa ellow traveler behind celexa d me - Why did you ne celexa eed me? You
are the celexa coolest one I've eve celexa er met!
Maybe h celexa he expects the reply celexa like 'it's easier to celexa ogether' or even an o celexa offer
to go togethe celexa er further, but I celexa didn't like that he celexa e almost crashed in celexa nto
burning cars, so celexa o I tell the truth:
celexa
- I don't know celexa how to drivight is celexa on always for
some celexa reason, five teens celexa were sitting, play celexa ying cards right on celexa the floor,
talking celexa g about something in celexa n dimmed voices... No celexa o, not talking, it'd celexa be better
to say g celexa growling to each ot celexa ther. I knew two o celexa of them, other thre celexa ee were
unfamiliar. celexa . A little pack of celexa f smaller carnivores. celexa . They'd eagerly ri celexa ip the
loner apart i celexa in a dark corner but celexa t here I'm safe: carn celexa nivores don't hunt n celexa near
their den.
celexa - Hi, - said the g celexa guy who lives in the celexa apartment above mine celexa e, in the sa
- celexa Maybe. And you're Bi celexa ill Gates possibly. - celexa - I reply.
Even celexa n if he smiles, I can celexa n't see it for sure.
celexa
- Possibly.
celexa Yeah right. The celexa e owner of Microsoft celexa in pursue of divers celexa s along the Net.
Fir celexa rstly, he makes money celexa y by more traditional celexa l means, secondly he celexa doesn't speak
Russi celexa ian himself. But... w celexa who knows how perfect celexa t interpreter program celexa ms might be?
Emotion celexa nless tones is the tr celexa radeoff of serial mad celexa de and cheap ones.
celexa - Let's not pla celexa ay the fool, - I say celexa y. - You decided that celexa t I'm the din hour mo celexa ore today and should celexa visit a couple more celexa places.
- In s celexa search of Dibenko? celexa - I nod, - But may celexa ybe it's better to.. celexa .. you
know, a warm celexa sand, a Hawaiian bea celexa ach and some Chilean celexa Red [wine]?
Na celexa adya smiles:
- celexa This won't be work a celexa anymore Lenia. The celexa evening beach and th celexa he wine...
then I'll celexa l want continuation. celexa . But virtual sex i celexa is funny only if you celexa u're at
home, behin celexa nd the tightly shut d celexa door. I connected fr celexa rom work: six compute celexa ers in
one room an celexa nd all are occupied celexa d. Just imagit circul celexa late along
the Net a celexa and didn't suspect an celexa nything for two more celexa weeks.
But the celexa en, one day some Ukra celexa anian guy looked at t celexa the colorful plays of celexa f the
Deep program, celexa , shrugged and laun celexa nched his favorite celexa game - Doom: dra celexa awn
corridors and bu celexa uildings, terrible mo celexa onsters and brave her celexa ro with a shotgun in celexa n
his hand. A simple celexa e 3D game, the whole celexa era of 3D games was celexa started with it.
celexa And he 'fell' int celexa to the game.
An celexa n empty floor of the celexa Patenting Bureau (it celexa t was a late eveni celexa ing) where
us thing celexa gs that I always stor celexa re on D: disk. The celexa scanner located some celexa e
surprise inside celexa the text file itse celexa elf too - a tiny pr celexa rogram, supposedly
celexa
starting in respons celexa se to an attempt to celexa o read the file. Just celexa t as should have
be celexa een expected. I cop celexa pied the file to t celexa the magnetic diskett celexa te, then to the
opti celexa ical one and started celexa to disembowel the fr celexa ruit of Al-Kabar's or celexa rchards.
It tur celexa rned out to be imposs celexa sible to kill the s celexa security programs wi celexa ithout
destroying th celexa he file. I had to jus celexa st knock theining sle celexa eepy fish floats slow celexa wly. The table
with celexa h two armchairs sta celexa ands nearby, lots of celexa f flowers, I even st celexa tart feeling
scents celexa s.
And nobody.
celexa
Well, let's wa celexa ait; I sit down in th celexa he armchair.
A celexa slight fog before my celexa y eyes, an expected o celexa one. My communication celexa n channel
is being celexa g examined. They try celexa y to determine where celexa I came from, the vo celexa olume of
data I can celexa receive and transmit celexa t per second, the p celexa programs that I have celexa e with
me...
G celexa Go ahead, do your jo celexa ob... Six routers, r celexa rented for ..
celexa As for me, I have to celexa o climb the granite p celexa phallus of the monst celexa ter effexor first. I
can hea celexa ar the wolf snickerin celexa ng below. Shit. Isn't celexa t it really funny?!
celexa
I'm on the p celexa palm finally, trying celexa the thread with my f celexa foot - it shakes
sl celexa lightly. Very-very fa celexa ar below - the cliffs celexa s and blue band of th celexa he river.
- Use celexa e some courage, hero! celexa ! - shouts the wolf.
celexa
Common virtual celexa lity inhabitants ca celexa an't cross this brid celexa dge... something's
w celexa wrong here.
The celexa e hand I'm standing o celexa on starts shaking and celexa d closing in do I celexa abuse turning the
celexa
subconsciousness o celexa on-off today. Sever celexa re headache, heartb celexa beat and general
f celexa feel-down are guarant celexa teed tomorrow. Neverm celexa mind. Good if I manag celexa ge to live until
tom celexa morrow at all.
celexa And here are the wel celexa lcomers - now in the celexa normal human form.
celexa
- You reached u celexa us quick, guest, - sa celexa ays the bald one. H celexa He has a friendly
fa celexa ace of an Arabic guar celexa rd from the productio celexa on of "Sindbad The Sa celexa ailor" done for
kids celexa s. The second one celexa looks grotesquely celexa Arabic too, but is celexa s much morSergey Lu celexa ukjanenko. Labyrinth celexa of reflections
celexa
____________________ celexa _____________________ celexa _
* Yuri Kalmyk celexa kov. Translators note celexa es *
About the celexa Author:
Serg celexa gey Lukjanenko, 30, celexa , is one of the tod celexa day's most popular celexa Russian
Sci-Fi writ celexa ters. His first wo celexa orks 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 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 cymbalta form used by relatives and friends.
Lenechka (Lyo-nee-chka) - a "pet-name" form, sometimes also used with desyrel
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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