| like being covered by thick
clo karela oth. I make a step - it's karela s really difficult. Urman karela starts moving jerkily,
karela
everything flows in my e karela eyes, the apple in the po karela ocket draws me to the floo karela or
with great force, Wind karela dows-Home's voice dims and karela d loses any tones:
- karela - Al...a...rm... a...l...r karela rm...
So that's how karela it goes. Billionaires ar karela re good players. Meaning karela g, their
servants - to wh karela hich number they try to ad karela dd me.
- Vika, drop karela the details! - I whisper karela trying to reach the table karela e. I wish
the prtic notes karela s and threats exchange lik karela ke in 'C&C' but
direct co karela ommunication: making union karela ns, convincing others, s karela some small worldly
wisdom karela ms...
But just what karela so unusual could happen i karela in the "Labyrinth"'s space karela e?
1010 actos
"La karela abyrinth"'s administrativ karela ve building is a two karela story house in
Deept karela town's suburbs, faced with karela h rose colored coquina. It karela t looks peacefully and
ne karela eat, more like a residenti karela ial building than an offic karela ce. Maybe American middle
karela
class families use to li karela ive in houses liYou're no karela ot the diver, Dima, and th karela his is why I'm happier tha karela an you.
... The same karela e room, but there are neon karela n sign flashes and slight karela t noise of
moving cars ou karela utside.
- Is everyth karela hing okay Lenia?
I l karela look around.
- Yes. karela I'll go for a walk, Vika. karela .
I pick up the di karela iskette and put it into karela my pocket. The portable karela e CD
player lies on the karela e shelf among several book karela ks and the pile of CDs. I karela insert
ELO's CD into i karela it, put on headphones, pus karela sh 'play'. 'Roll over Bee karela ethoven' -
just rator sha karela akes his finger to
him w karela with a warning, then a karela aims at the Baltic agai karela in. The guy quits his
at karela ttempts to scrape the shi karela iny plus off his shirt, j karela jumps down from the stage
karela
and flees.
- Wheee karela e, crush 'im! - the crow karela wd instigates the moderato karela or but he's in
the kind karela mood today, he flings the karela e plus-thrower behind his karela s back and retires
into t karela the portable toilet-lookin karela ng booth.
- 'Lithoco karela omp'... - says the girl n karela nearby thoughtfully. - I s karela should check
their prices karela s, it's time to cto the tr karela ree and plucks the apple w karela with some effort. His lips karela s are
moving: he
obviou karela usly says the password. - karela - Take it.
The apple karela e is in my hand. It's v karela very heavy: two Megs at karela t least. It's
useless to karela try to copy it, the only karela way is to bring it out wi karela ith me. I put it
in the p karela pocket - I mean, attach it karela t to my virtual 'shell', t karela then look at Urman.
karela - I stake all, - says karela Urman seriously. - I s karela sacrifice an extemely
pe karela erspective technology. You karela u can give it to Mr Shel karela llerbach and co me: the karela e right for just
anything karela g that's possible to do in karela n the deep.
Friedric karela ch Urman would open th karela he door and escort me t karela to the bridge
personally karela y if he saw this badge.
karela He probably would h karela hire killers later though karela h in order to settle the karela e
scores with me but in t karela the deep he would be extre karela emely polite.
I've karela never seen the Medal wit karela th my own eyes before. I k karela know that Dmitry
Dibenko karela received the same one i karela in his time: for the cre karela eation of the deep
itsel karela lf.
slowly,
tevel 39 h karela hours ago. He was killed karela 5 times,
very quickly.
karela
- By the Demon?
karela - Oh no... he poof-poof karela fed the Demon! By other pl karela layers. Then he sat down
karela
and is still sitting. We karela sent Anatol, he drove the karela e Unfortunate and they wer karela re
both killed. Anatol s karela started for the second tim karela me but they failed again: karela : the
customer was killed karela d. Anatol was very angry, karela he shot dead everybody t karela there, -
Guillermo laugh karela hs leniently, - Today div karela vers were supposed to try karela together.
I'll request karela the report, yes?iously. karela One can find weapons, de karela efense gear, first-aid se karela ets and food in
the stati karela ion building. When one lea karela aves the first level, he g karela gets to the second
one: t karela the highway full of aband karela doned cars... and of cour karela rse, of other players
and karela d monsters. In order to karela win one must reach the 5 karela 50th level, the ancient
karela
cathedral in the downtow karela wn and to destroy the alie karela en ruler. It's very hard. karela I
did it before but sinc karela ce then "Labyrinth" have karela changed at least ten ti karela imes:
new buildings, wea karela apons and monsterrd. I
di karela id it before but since the karela en "Labyrinth" have chang karela ged at least ten times:
karela
new buildings, weapons karela and monsters were added. karela . And of course, new playe karela ers
have arrived: game ad karela ddicts who can't imagine t karela their lives without shooti karela ing on
the streets of Twi karela ilight City.
It's karela an interesting game, m karela mainly because it requ karela uires constant
communica karela ation with other people karela e, not just 'fighting to karela o death' like in
'Morta karela al Combat', not diplomatic karela c notes and threats exchan karela nge like in 'C&C'- yes-yes karela s... There were two mor karela re
attempts to lead him karela out prandin this morning... a karela and three times more in karela the
afternoon. All fail karela led.
- And surely y karela you didn't know about t karela that? - I can't resist karela to be
mordant.
- karela We don't fetter our emp karela ployees' initiative, - ans karela swers Guillermo with
dign karela nity, - The situation isn' karela 't critical yet.
Of karela course he's right but I karela get a slight, vague anxie karela ety. Who is he, the
playe karela er gotten into trouble, US karela S President, the Pope, Dmi karela itry Dibenko?
so I know karela w very little. In general, karela ,
it's free, amateurs' n karela network that allows its me karela embers to exchange emails karela and
files. FIDO uses its karela s own proprietary protoco karela ol. Special gateways are u karela used to
exchange emails karela with the Internet. Lo karela ook at www.fidonet.org karela for more
details... But karela t be prepared to get back karela not the homepage, but som karela me HTML code.
{G} The guy karela ys have forgot to put the karela {HTML} tag into the cod karela de of their main
page... karela OOPS.
4). The names karela s.
The same name in karela Russian usually est. The karela e blurry
shadows run behi karela ind - the guards sacrifice karela e their scary images for s karela speed.
- Is the purs karela suit close, Ivan The Princ karela ce? - asks the wolf .
karela - Very close! - I confe karela ess.
- Gee, I'll nev karela ver get you outta here Iva karela an! - roars the wolf .
karela I take the comb and th karela hrow it behind my back. A karela deafening crackle, the
karela
comb's teeth scatter aro karela ound, fall on the ground karela and start growing turni karela ing
into huge trees. Gua karela ards' movements between t karela them become slow as if th karela hey're
falling a The dri karela iver nods, turns around karela and leaves somewhere int karela to the shelves
labyrinth. karela . His steps fade slowly an karela nd I note that the echo is karela s excellent here,
maybe t karela to make it impossible to m karela move around unnoticed.
karela - You are the diver, - karela - says Man Without Face.
karela
Oh sure. Today's tr karela radition: somebody starlix tries t karela to catch me again, for th karela he
third time already. Go karela od loves the Trinity...
karela - Maybe. And you're B karela Bill Gates possibly. - I r karela reply.
Even if he sm karela miles, I can't see it for karela sure.
- PoI didn't karela expect.
- What's t karela the bull? All games ha karela ave service channels for karela r traveling
between level karela ls. Are you an exception?
karela
- Yes.
- But karela why?
- "Labyrinth" karela has a big prize fund for karela setting new level record karela or fast
finishing the en karela ntire game.
- I reme karela ember, but... is it a big karela fund?
- The main p karela prize is half a million do karela ollars. This money will g karela go to the
one who manage karela es to pass all levels and karela destroy the Alien Prince karela in 47 hours
59 minutes! karela - the commercialwould op karela pen the door and escort karela t me to the bridge
pers karela sonally if he saw this bad karela dge.
He probably wo karela ould hire killers later karela though in order to sett karela tle the
scores with me bu karela ut in the deep he would be karela e extremely polite.
karela I've never seen the Med karela dal with my own eyes befor karela re. I know that Dmitry
Di karela ibenko received the same karela one in his time: for t karela the creation karela of the deep
karela
itself.
slowly,
the karela thread bridge shivers, karela , ready to tear. The awo karela oken monster's grinning
m karela muzzle is over merds, but karela I've
unsheathed my own karela already. Whose virus is f karela faster and more agile?
karela Mine.
This is t karela the gift from Maniac, my f karela friend a computer virus karela specialist.
The deadly g karela gift - the air under my sw karela word takes fire and hits t karela the guards with
a dragon karela n belch. They burn in a karela an instant turning into karela o charcoal black
carcas karela sses.
Maniac really karela does love cool effects. karela . Now the guards' compute karela ers are
completely busy karela with an extremely importa karela ant task of calculation of karela f PI number
with is befo karela ore me: the right for jus karela st
anything that's possib karela ble to do in the deep.
karela Friedrich Urman woul karela ld open the door and e karela escort me to the bridge
karela
personally if he saw thi karela is badge.
He probabl karela ly would hire killers la karela ater though in order to karela settle the
scores with karela me but in the deep he wou karela uld be extremely polite.
karela
I've never seen the karela e Medal with my own eyes karela before. I know that Dmitr karela ry
Dibenko received the karela same one in his time: karela for the creation of the karela deep
itself.
slowly,
karela
the thread bridge shi karela ivers, ready to tear. Th karela he awoken monster's grinni karela ing
muzzle is over me.
karela - Who are you? - he r karela roars so loud that my ears karela s ache. In Russian by the karela e
way!
- A visitor! karela ! - I shout trying to fre karela ee my feet from the grip karela p of the
granite finger karela rs.
- No visitor com karela mes with the forbidden! - karela laughs the monster.
karela His forefinger flies t karela towards me as if to cr karela rush me flat. I duck
f karela forcefully, but the monste karela er just points at the swor karela rd.
Yeah, rte channe karela els, is being discussed, a karela all
its intended and ra karela andom tricks are being ca karela aught. And then it dies... karela . kept
only by a couple o karela of hundreds of fans.
karela Sometimes exceptions hap karela ppen - and then the game karela lives for years. Many
n karela new, much more perfect a karela and beautiful games appea karela ar but the old one retains karela s
crowds of fans too.
karela And there are three karela exceptions that are aliv karela ve since the pre-virtual
karela
era: 'Doom', 'C&C' and ' karela 'Mortal Combat'. They have karela e changed dozens of times karela of
course but tmble and karela you'll be sorry of your karela r
stupidity! I'm an hones karela st guy, I pay the taxes! I karela I'll stir up all the Deept karela town
police!
- Mayb karela be, but unlikely, - says karela s Man Without Face, - W karela Well, if we are
convince karela ed that you're the honest karela hacker, - the great amoun karela nt of sarcasm is in
his l karela last words, - then we'll h karela have no grudges against yo karela ou.
- You'll be ca karela aught! - I threaten him, karela - And then - excommunic karela cation
forever!
Exc karela communication is the most karela t dreadful threat for actoPlus Met any karela Deeptown citizeSergey Lu karela ukjanenko. Labyrinth of re karela eflections
__________ karela __________________________ karela ______
* Yuri Kalmyk karela kov. Translators notes *
karela
About the Author:
karela
Sergey Lukjanenko, karela , 30, is one of the tod karela day's most popular Russi karela ian
Sci-Fi writers. His karela first works were publ karela lished in 1988. Currentl karela ly his
bibliography inclu karela udes more than 40 titles o karela of novels and short stori karela ies. The
Author defines karela his genre as the "hard a karela action science fiction", karela but all his
works also h karela have a very well defined p karela philosophical aspect. The karela novel offered
to your a karela attention was written in 1 karela 1997 and became the real ' karela 'cult book' of the
Russia karela an Internet.
Sergey karela is married, he lives in M karela Moscow.
T karela THE NOVEL "LABYRINTH OF karela F REFLECTIONS" IS COPY karela YRIGHTED BY SERGEY
LUKJ karela JANENKO, ALL RIGHTS ARE RE karela ESERVED BY THE AUTHOR. ANY karela Y COMMERCIAL USE OF THE
N karela NOVEL'S TEXT IS STRICTLY P karela PROHIBITED.
Several n karela notes for the reader:
karela
1). My English suck karela ks. So it was obviously wa karela ay too presumptuous of me karela 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 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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