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together with a small viruses collection. Here it is, my apple: 1.5 Me accutane (Anti - Acne) eg
file. Looks like the simple file for Advanced-Word accutane (Anti - Acne) d. A couple of ss, the chilly wind, the full goblet i accutane (Anti - Acne) in my
hand, bluish grey clouds swirling above. It'll accutane (Anti - Acne) l be snowing tomorrow, if
'tomorrow' existed in virtua accutane (Anti - Acne) ality.
I take a sip, - I wish I knew where this riv accutane (Anti - Acne) ver was taken from.
- More beautiful place never ha accutane (Anti - Acne) ave I seen in my life... - pronounces the
Werewolf in a accutane (Anti - Acne) strange voice.
Oh ri. What scared Man Without Fac accutane (Anti - Acne) ce?
Why does he think that events don't have analogies accutane (Anti - Acne) s? Why does he offer the
Medal of Complete License for accutane (Anti - Acne) a simple task? - Willy, have anything else
strange accutane (Anti - Acne) happened?
I get the weak hope that the different t accutane (Anti - Acne) task was meant.
- No.
- Nothing?
- Noth accutane (Anti - Acne) hing-nothing! - Guillermo parts his hands - We take ca accutane (Anti - Acne) are of our
customers. Everything is under control in "La accutane (Anti - Acne) abyrinth".
I'm looking at the screen, waiting.
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type of studio, togethe accutane (Anti - Acne) er with his parents and older sister who often comes
b accutane (Anti - Acne) back only by the morning. Walls and ceilings in this hou accutane (Anti - Acne) use are thin enough
for me to be well posted on all the accutane (Anti - Acne) eir troubles and quarrels.
- Hi, - I said.
- accutane (Anti - Acne) Lenia, do you have cigarettes?
I'm at least 15 yea accutane (Anti - Acne) ars older than him, but these guys keep me as almost
on accutane (Anti - Acne) ne of their age, maybe because I'm not married and empty accutane (Anti - Acne) y beer cans prevail
in my garbage.
- Hold on.
accutane (Anti - Acne) I'm not smoking mabsolutely no data exchange between accutane (Anti - Acne) n my
computer and the one where the warehouse is modele accutane (Anti - Acne) ed.
- No dialtone, - says Vika, - Check the wiring. accutane (Anti - Acne) .
- Shut down.
- Really?
- Yes.
T accutane (Anti - Acne) The blue background with the white falling figure fills t accutane (Anti - Acne) the screen.
- Now it's safe to turn off your comput accutane (Anti - Acne) ter, - whispers Vika sleepily.
Good night to you, t accutane (Anti - Acne) the most loyal of my friends... I turned the power
swi accutane (Anti - Acne) itch and turned off the modem. I need a quiet night, accutane (Anti - Acne) let all mail wauts. Hm, he's really Baltic unless it accutane (Anti - Acne) was my
subconsciousness that made me hear the accent. accutane (Anti - Acne) . - 'Lithocomp' company is
honored to offer you the l accutane (Anti - Acne) lowest prices for the following...
A-haaa... no que accutane (Anti - Acne) estions.
I look at the booth too: the moderator's accutane (Anti - Acne) s hiding place. Every club has
the person who watches th accutane (Anti - Acne) he talks to correspond to the declared topic. The
que accutane (Anti - Acne) estion is accutane (Anti - Acne) though: is moderator on duty now or will react accutane (Anti - Acne) later?
He's here.
The booth's door opens an accutane (Anti - Acne) nd the sturd The girl looks at my face intently and accutane (Anti - Acne) nods, then quickly drains her
glass dry.
- I'm n accutane (Anti - Acne) not lying. Honest. - I say softly.
- I believe you, accutane (Anti - Acne) , - the girl nods to bartender, then reaches her hand
accutane (Anti - Acne)
out to me, - I'm Nadya.
I shake her hand and intr accutane (Anti - Acne) roduce myself:
- Leonid.
So now we know ea accutane (Anti - Acne) ach other and can be less ceremonious. The deep is
cas accutane (Anti - Acne) sual: overly polite tone is offensive here.
The gi accutane (Anti - Acne) irl casts her hair back from her forehead, the natu accutane (Anti - Acne) ural any temporary address in Austria.
The main t accutane (Anti - Acne) threads are broken. Try to find me now Al-Kabar guys, fi accutane (Anti - Acne) ilter
all files in search for Ivan The Prince. The dive accutane (Anti - Acne) er have broke free from the
trap.
Not using the vo accutane (Anti - Acne) oice control anymore, I shut Windows-Home down, entered
accutane (Anti - Acne)
3D Norton's table, opened disk D: where all my virtua accutane (Anti - Acne) al trophies are stored
together with a small viruses accutane (Anti - Acne) collection. Here it is, my apple: 1.5 Meg
file. Look accutane (Anti - Acne) ks like the simple file for Advanced-Word. A couple of accutane (Anti - Acne) f ss, the chilly wind, the full goblet in my
hand, b accutane (Anti - Acne) bluish grey clouds swirling above. It'll be snowing t accutane (Anti - Acne) tomorrow, if
'tomorrow' existed in virtuality.
I accutane (Anti - Acne) take a sip, - I wish I knew where this river was taken f accutane (Anti - Acne) from.
- More beautiful place never have I seen in m accutane (Anti - Acne) my life... - pronounces the
Werewolf in a strange voice. accutane (Anti - Acne) .
Oh right, it's like this always. Everybody have accutane (Anti - Acne) their own associations
and analogies. Maybe this lands accutane (Anti - Acne) scape means something to Roman. For me it's
not more i accutane (Anti - Acne) ing faster? I jumped into the rattling 'Volga' and sh accutane (Anti - Acne) houted
cheerfully:
- Whip it up to Maniac!
A accutane (Anti - Acne) A pair of very big and round eyes gazed at me.
- Ge accutane (Anti - Acne) et out, - said the driver in the same brief manner.
accutane (Anti - Acne) When stopping the next volunteer to earn easy money I accutane (Anti - Acne) I kept reminding
myself that I'm not in virtuality wh accutane (Anti - Acne) here patient Vika will turn the simple
voice command in accutane (Anti - Acne) nto understandable address.
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Maniac live accutane (Anti - Acne) es on Vasilievsky [Island] {a district of St.Peteks li accutane (Anti - Acne) ike the
player doesn't understand me. I can't see the f accutane (Anti - Acne) face from behind his mask but
even if I could, the dra accutane (Anti - Acne) awn face will say nothing about his nationality but
he d accutane (Anti - Acne) doesn't look like Russian.
- Get into the car and d accutane (Anti - Acne) drive!
He understands, the interpreter program ha accutane (Anti - Acne) ave kicked in. He approaches
slowly, opens the door and accutane (Anti - Acne) sits inside.
- Hey! - the voice is hardly heard. I accutane (Anti - Acne) I turn around not losing the sight
of my captive. The accutane (Anti - Acne) e slightly familiar figure stands in the breay.
accutane (Anti - Acne) - Run! - screams my partner and adds in a whisper, - S accutane (Anti - Acne) See you tonight,
at the usual place...
I jerk shar accutane (Anti - Acne) rply, throw him down from my back and flee, hurled by cur accutane (Anti - Acne) rses.
The dragon circles above for little longer accutane (Anti - Acne) r, then lands by the fairy
tale hero. The cowardly part accutane (Anti - Acne) tner doesn't interest him. Just as expected.
I run accutane (Anti - Acne) away, whispering:
- Vika, copy new files!
Th accutane (Anti - Acne) he fight rages behind me. Not for long though, the werew accutane (Anti - Acne) wolf just has
time to hit the dragon with ed body, with accutane (Anti - Acne) h a shotgun in his hand. The gun
was huge, with it the accutane (Anti - Acne) slim and narrow shouldered hacker looked like a kid
p accutane (Anti - Acne) playing war game.
- Wow, - I just said.
- Yea accutane (Anti - Acne) ah... I was fumbling in one guy's comp... hardly managed accutane (Anti - Acne) to get my
ass outta there. - Maniac was brief, he lo accutane (Anti - Acne) ocked the door, glanced at the
canister and asked sym accutane (Anti - Acne) mpathetically, - Dire straits again?
- No, not real accutane (Anti - Acne) lly.
- I have a couple of bottles of 'Baltic'...
accutane (Anti - Acne) - I's 'Guinness' here, - I declar's
visitors ha accutane (Anti - Acne) ave some other way....
As for me, I have to climb t accutane (Anti - Acne) the granite phallus of the monster first. I
can hear th accutane (Anti - Acne) he wolf snickering below. Shit. Isn't it really funny?!
accutane (Anti - Acne)
I'm on the palm finally, trying the thread with accutane (Anti - Acne) my foot - it shakes
slightly. Very-very far below - th accutane (Anti - Acne) he cliffs and blue band of the river.
- Use some co accutane (Anti - Acne) ourage, hero! - shouts the wolf.
Common virtuality accutane (Anti - Acne) inhabitants can't cross this bridge... something's
w accutane (Anti - Acne) wrong here.
The hand I'm standAs strange as it seem accutane (Anti - Acne) ms, the driver knew the way.
In around 20 minutes, accutane (Anti - Acne) parted with the remains of my cash I was entering
the accutane (Anti - Acne) palace of hidden and evident capitals under glassy sta accutane (Anti - Acne) ares of security
guards.. In 20 minutes more, filled w accutane (Anti - Acne) with various checkups, numerous phone
calls to the bank accutane (Anti - Acne) k's main office and requests to specify the account numb accutane (Anti - Acne) ber,
the bank clerks became kinder and finally gave m accutane (Anti - Acne) me out $1000. In rouble
equivalent of course.
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peop accutane (Anti - Acne) ple call this program "the sticker", others - "th accutane (Anti - Acne) he road". Both
definitions are true. The program sear accutane (Anti - Acne) rches for someone else's communication
channels and sta accutane (Anti - Acne) arts using them for its own benefit.
Very-very new, accutane (Anti - Acne) , rare and almost faultless program.
A part of th accutane (Anti - Acne) he wall ruins, opening the exit out to the street accutane (Anti - Acne) t.
Obviously, I utilized Urman's personal channel. I accutane (Anti - Acne) grab the comb and the
mirror and run.
The shar accutane (Anti - Acne) rp ragged spears start to es,
very quickly.
- By accutane (Anti - Acne) y the Demon?
- Oh no... he poof-poofed the Demon! B accutane (Anti - Acne) By other players. Then he sat down
and is still sitting. accutane (Anti - Acne) . We sent Anatol, he drove the Unfortunate and they were
accutane (Anti - Acne)
both killed. Anatol started for the second time but t accutane (Anti - Acne) they failed again: the
customer was killed. Anatol was v accutane (Anti - Acne) very angry, he shot dead everybody there, -
Guillermo accutane (Anti - Acne) laughs leniently, - Today divers were supposed to try accutane (Anti - Acne) together.
I'll request the report, yes?
- Yes... accutane (Anti - Acne) - I say not turning myhat?!
I pull out the revolv accutane (Anti - Acne) ver and thrust all six bullets into the door. Six
rico accutane (Anti - Acne) ochets. The boxes with software on the shelves start to b accutane (Anti - Acne) blow up and burn.
The sprinkles on the ceiling come to accutane (Anti - Acne) o life with a hissing sound and viruses
get terminated i accutane (Anti - Acne) in a second.
- Stop being hysterical, - says Man W accutane (Anti - Acne) Without Face, it seems to me that
there's a slight
do accutane (Anti - Acne) oubt in his voice. I throw my revolver at him, it comes t accutane (Anti - Acne) through and falls down under the
wall.
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with a million digits pr accutane (Anti - Acne) recision. They even have no resources left to eject
the accutane (Anti - Acne) operators from virtuality. Very good, let them lie in accutane (Anti - Acne) the deep for a
while instead of changing the computer accutane (Anti - Acne) rs.
- Not ethical... - mutters Windows-Home doleful accutane (Anti - Acne) lly.
I rush along the band. The channel is excelle accutane (Anti - Acne) ent, I'm above the wall in
a couple of seconds. The b accutane (Anti - Acne) band under my feet pushes me forward. I laugh
loudly accutane (Anti - Acne) and look back.
l. Looks like the
player doesn't unders accutane (Anti - Acne) stand me. I can't see the face from behind his mask but
accutane (Anti - Acne)
even if I could, the drawn face will say nothing about accutane (Anti - Acne) t his nationality but
he doesn't look like Russian.
accutane (Anti - Acne) - Get into the car and drive!
He understands, t accutane (Anti - Acne) the interpreter program have kicked in. He approaches
s accutane (Anti - Acne) slowly, opens the door and sits inside.
- Hey! - th accutane (Anti - Acne) he voice is hardly heard. I turn around not losing the s accutane (Anti - Acne) sight
of my captive. The slightly familiar figure s accutane (Anti - Acne) stands in th players
get offers to join the army. Some p accutane (Anti - Acne) people seem scared by that, the others are
attracted on accutane (Anti - Acne) the contrary. I have played these 'adult tin soldi accutane (Anti - Acne) iers' a
little. In my opinion the game is harmless and accutane (Anti - Acne) quiet. Dressed in a beautiful
uniform, you walk with a accutane (Anti - Acne) a cup of coffee back and forth in the headquarters
cro accutane (Anti - Acne) owded with trained aides and say : 'Ummm.. what if we accutane (Anti - Acne) drop an H-bomb at
Los Angeles?'
The game have cha accutane (Anti - Acne) anged a little last year, now one has to start it as a
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lieutenSergey Lukjanenko. Labyrinth of reflections
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* Yuri Ka accutane (Anti - Acne) almykov. Translators notes *
About the Author:
accutane (Anti - Acne) Sergey Lukjanenko, 30, is one of the today's mo accutane (Anti - Acne) ost popular Russian
Sci-Fi writers. His first works were published in cialis Soft Tabs 1988. Currently his
bibliography includes more than 40 titles of novels and short stories. The
Author defines his genre as the "hard action science bestsellers 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. :-) female Viagra
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 cialis 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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