| roze inside.
- I've plavix e killed the viru plavix us on the compute plavix er...
- Yo plavix ou've killed not plavix t the virus itse plavix elf, but its f plavix false 'reflection plavix ns'
created by plavix it especially f plavix for distraction. plavix . Commonly used plavix d programs don't plavix t
detect the pos plavix stcard yet, it's plavix still too rare.
plavix
- What sho plavix ould I do?
plavix - Treat me with plavix beer, - smirked plavix Maniac, - Now y plavix you'll receive a plavix special
'cure' plavix from me, the sp plavix pecial antivirus plavix s. There's no hi plavix ints in it, you plavix u just
start the plavix e .BAT file and plavix it checks your plavix machine. N wait plavix ts for one more plavix e shot, but I p plavix plainly point at plavix t the
bodies, b plavix plavix both shot by me plavix and killed in th plavix he cars' explosi plavix ions. Go gather plavix the
weapons. H plavix He won't dare to plavix o try to shoot plavix me now. The spe plavix eed and accurac plavix cy
demonstrated plavix by me is pract plavix tically impossib plavix ble for an ordina plavix ary player, only
plavix
for the diver.. plavix .. and an old doo plavix omer who is used plavix to the mouse.
plavix Doomers alre plavix eady were divide plavix ed into 'keyboar plavix rdists' and 'mou plavix usists'. The
ete plavix ernal argument wh plavix ho is cooler was plavix never solved: vi plavix irtuality had coh plavix he deep or to rul plavix le it?
I'm plavix silent.
- plavix Pour me some bee plavix er, - sighed Mani plavix iac.
1000
plavix
I was at plavix t Maniac's place plavix until late nigh plavix ht, 'Guinness' wa plavix as followed by
' plavix 'Baltic #6', and plavix for the dessert plavix t Shurka dug out plavix the Christmas 'K plavix Kronenburg'.
Nei plavix ither Irish nor P plavix Petersburg nor Fr plavix rench beer failed plavix d.
In the plavix depth of my sou plavix ul I was glad th plavix hat I had opened plavix to somebody. My
plavix
hacker friends plavix are divided in plavix nto two groups: plavix the first one k plavix keeps secrets
u plavix until after the plavix e first bottle plavix of main office a plavix and requests to plavix specify the acco plavix ount number,
the plavix e bank clerks bec plavix came kinder and plavix finally gave m plavix me out $1000. I plavix In rouble
equiv plavix valent of course. plavix .
And in qu plavix uarter of an hou plavix ur more I entere plavix ed the Irish pub plavix b 'Molly' on 36
plavix
Rubinstein Stre plavix eet. It's not to plavix oo crowded in the plavix e daytime and thi plavix is helped me.
Th plavix he Big Mugs {sec plavix curity guards ;-) plavix ) } by the entra plavix ance were relaxe plavix ed and just
froz plavix ze dumb when they plavix y saw my canister plavix r. I passed the c plavix cloak room solem plavix mnly and
entere plavix ed the neat twili plavix ight of a couple plavix e of days ago.
plavix - What?!
plavix - A computer plavix mouse.. Well, no plavix ot the mouse itse plavix elf, it's too har plavix rd... just
bit plavix off the wire.
plavix
- Why? - I plavix I asked numbly.
plavix
- It was plavix an accident... plavix . I was in the plavix deep.. We were plavix sitting in
"R plavix Rainbow" with so plavix ome guys, drinkin plavix ng beer with smok plavix ked fish... Well, plavix , I ran out
of f plavix fish and took som plavix me from Max's pla plavix ate..
- But plavix t Max doesn't dri plavix ink beer!
- plavix - He drank 'Fiest plavix ta'. {orange soda plavix a}
- 'Fiest plavix ta'?! With smoked plavix d fish?
- W plavix Well, just Napo plavix oleons and Zhuko plavix ovs eternally
fi plavix ight for the worl plavix ld's dominance c plavix commanding nonexi plavix istent armies in plavix n imaginary
head plavix dquarters. Tank plavix tracks are ratt plavix tling there and plavix missiles fly up plavix p to the
skies, plavix , new terrible w plavix weapons are being plavix g developed, worl plavix ld's capitals are plavix e being
burned t plavix to ashes by nucle plavix ear explosions. O plavix One doesn't need plavix d to be quick or plavix keen
in this ga plavix ame, strategic plavix thinking is mos plavix st important. T plavix They say that t plavix the
Military wat plavix tches this game v plavix very attentively plavix and sometimes su plavix uccessful playert plavix t's safe to turn plavix off your compute plavix er, - whispers Vi plavix ika sleepily.
plavix Good night to plavix o you, the most plavix loyal of my fri plavix iends... I turned plavix d the power
swit plavix tch and turned of plavix ff the modem. I plavix I need a quiet plavix night, let all m plavix mail wait
until plavix the morning. It' plavix 's already 3:30 a plavix am though... the plavix sky becomes ligh plavix hter.
And I plavix I want to sleep s plavix so much! The head plavix d is aching of ex plavix xcess information plavix n.
I pulled plavix d off the virtual plavix l suit. Man, does plavix s it stink of swe plavix eat, it requires
plavix
cleaning for a plavix a long time by plavix now... Then I pl plavix loppfrom Disney m plavix movies though, b plavix but from Russian plavix n
animated serie plavix es produced in70' plavix 's, FAR cooler on plavix ne than Disney's plavix IMHO}
I st plavix tart feeling myse plavix elf bored to deat plavix th.
Just wh plavix hy Shtirlitz and plavix Pooh anecdotes a plavix are so popular in plavix n virtuality?! Is plavix s
it some weird plavix kind of psycholo plavix ogic aberration?. plavix ...
- Thank plavix ks for the beer, plavix - I say to the g plavix girl and walk out plavix t of the park.
plavix My mood can' plavix 't be called lo plavix ousy, but it's od plavix dd. I toil mysel plavix lf along the
clu plavix ubs' buildings. plavix Through the barr plavix red windows of th plavix he Martisteep and plavix d feel good.
plavix - What was in plavix that apple?
plavix - New cold rel plavix liever, a very ef plavix ffective one.
plavix Roman frowns: plavix :
- This co plavix osts six grands?
plavix
- This cos plavix sts a hundred.
plavix - Ahhh... - plavix Roman's jaw drop plavix ps.
- Let's plavix s wait for the bu plavix uyer.
The W plavix Werewolf nods:
plavix - It's your plavix operation, it's plavix you to decide.
plavix
The buyer s plavix shows up in some plavix e ten minutes, wh plavix hen I start to wo plavix orry already.
I plavix knew him only un plavix nder a nick 'Hard plavix dened', and he k plavix knows me as 'Gu plavix unslinger'.
The plavix buyer is tin in plavix my life... - pro plavix onounces the
Wer plavix rewolf in a stran plavix nge voice.
plavix Oh right, it's plavix like this always plavix s. Everybody have plavix e their own assoc plavix ciations
and ana plavix alogies. Maybe t plavix this landscape me plavix eans something t plavix to Roman. For me plavix e it's
not more plavix than just a nice plavix e place.
- plavix Have you been he plavix ere before?
plavix - In some sense plavix e.
Interest plavix ting.
- Wha plavix at are those bird plavix ds, Roman?
plavix - Harpies, - he plavix e answers without plavix t even looking. W plavix Whoops! and his g plavix glass is
empty a plavix again but he does plavix sn't get drunk an plavix nyway.
My,s plavix solves in the air plavix r, the goblet fa plavix alls down and rol plavix lls away clinking plavix g
and bouncing.
plavix
- Good luc plavix ck to you too Rom plavix man. - I say into plavix o the void.
plavix Loneliness is t plavix the seamy side of plavix f the freedom.
plavix I can't have plavix e friends.
plavix - The bill! - I plavix growl into the v plavix void angrily, - N plavix Now!
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plavix
The most ve plavix exing is that I plavix don't want to sl plavix leep at all: it w plavix was too lucky
da plavix ay probably.
plavix I return to th plavix he restaurant. S plavix Some guests have plavix left, some new plavix ones have
arriv plavix ved, an American plavix crowd still laug plavix ghs ps into actio plavix on on my computer plavix r,
- I shout, - plavix - your perfect plavix idea will crumbl plavix le and you'll be plavix e sorry of your
plavix
stupidity! I'm plavix an honest guy, I plavix I pay the taxes! plavix I'll stir up all plavix l the Deeptown
p plavix police!
- M plavix Maybe, but unlik plavix kely, - says Ma plavix an Without Face, plavix , - Well, if we plavix e are
convinced plavix that you're the plavix honest hacker, - plavix - the great amoun plavix nt of sarcasm is plavix in
his last wor plavix rds, - then we'll plavix l have no grudges plavix s against you.
plavix - You'll be plavix e caught! - I t plavix threaten him, - A plavix And then - exco plavix plendil ommunication
for plavix rever!
freakin' plavix HD from
scrat plavix tch... Divers nev plavix ver pick an ordin plavix nary guys to assi plavix ist them.
I plavix I kept silence lo plavix ooking at Maniac. plavix .
- I see, plavix - he said. - Wel plavix ll, for the luck. plavix . For the rich f plavix fools and smart
plavix
hackers.
W plavix We touched the gl plavix lasses.
- W plavix What was there Le plavix en'ka?
- Ru plavix unny nose relieve plavix er.
- Reall plavix ly? Cool...
plavix We chewed a co plavix ouple franks eac plavix ch and I was dr plavix rearily thinking plavix that my
anonym plavix mity was broken a plavix after all. Yester plavix rday there were t plavix three attempts to plavix o catch
me.
plavix Today I w plavix It's understanda plavix able too, if the plavix ey really tried plavix to get Unfortun plavix nate out
for who plavix ole 24 hours the plavix en they must simp plavix ply sleep sluggis plavix shly now, one of plavix f them
in Ukrain plavix ne, the other one plavix e in Canada. Mayb plavix be they curse alo plavix oud in their slee plavix ep.
- Okay, plavix , - I decide. - I plavix Is it possible to plavix o enter the 33rd plavix level directly?
plavix
Guillermo plavix looks aside.
plavix - Have you pl plavix layed long time a plavix ago? Do you still plavix l have your recor plavix rds saved?
plavix - No...
- plavix Then you'll have plavix e to go from the plavix very beginning.
plavix
This is wh plavix hortcuts, progra plavix am launchers
whi plavix ich I'll need soo plavix on.
- Here plavix e is the plan, - plavix - I decide. - I' plavix 'll cross the br plavix ridge alone. Then plavix n
I'll bring out plavix t the trophies an plavix nd we take to our plavix r heels.
- plavix The decision is plavix yours, - agrees plavix the wolf.
plavix I walk on the sa plavix and, the hot wind plavix d doesn't calm do plavix own, it even see plavix ems that
the gra plavix ains of sand st plavix ting the eyes. Th plavix his is not the he plavix elmet's merit an plavix nymore
but my br plavix rain feels what I plavix I should have bee plavix en feeling in the plavix e real desert..
plavix
The statue plavix steadily comes plavix s cltempts to cat plavix tch
me.
To plavix oday I was just ' plavix 'calculated'.
plavix - Lenia, I do plavix on't know a singl plavix le diver personal plavix lly, - said Mania plavix ac, - And I
ain' plavix 't gonna hunt for plavix r them. I don't h plavix have any complexe plavix es... especially plavix towards
my fri plavix iends.
- Th plavix hanks, - I said.
plavix
- But you plavix know... Just one plavix e question.
plavix Sure, any hack plavix ker always has plavix just one questio plavix on. They think t plavix that it's
possib plavix ble to ask someth plavix hing after which plavix all divers' myst plavix teries become cle plavix ear.
- Well plavix l?
-What do plavix oes the diver do procardia plavix when he unions, plavix convincing othe plavix ers, some small plavix worldly
wisdoms plavix s...
But ju plavix ust what so unusu plavix ual could happen plavix in the "Labyrint plavix th"'s space?
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plavix "Labyrinth"'s a plavix administrative plavix building is a plavix two story hou plavix use in
Deeptow plavix wn's suburbs, fac plavix ced with rose col plavix lored coquina. It plavix t looks peacefull plavix ly and
neat, mor plavix re like a residen plavix ntial building th plavix han an office. Ma plavix aybe American mid plavix ddle
class famil plavix lies use to live plavix in houses like plavix this. Labyrinth plavix entrance is a bi plavix it
further and plavix obviously it loo plavix oks much morthat
plavix
made me to vent plavix ture into this ad plavix dventure. ;-) I w plavix was hoping that plavix this novel is
r plavix really worth your plavix r kind attention plavix (despite my ugly plavix y
English?).
plavix 2). Some op plavix pinions expresse plavix ed in this boo plavix ok by the main plavix n or other
cha plavix aracters, as well plavix l as some words/t plavix terms used, might plavix t be considered plavix offensive
to so plavix ome Western reade plavix ers. In fact, one plavix e such situation plavix n was even showed plavix d closer
to the plavix e end of the n plavix novel itself. T plavix The concept of plavix "PC" (aka 'Poli plavix itical
Correctne plavix ess') does not re plavix eally exist in R plavix compared
even plavix with cartoons, plavix not to mention plavix n movies. Thus, plavix , the real wor plavix rld is
complete plavix ely out of questi plavix ion. One could ru plavix un around in the plavix drawn labyrinths plavix s and
castles, plavix fight with mons plavix sters or with h plavix his own friends plavix who sit by t plavix the
computers as plavix s well. But even plavix in the worst fev plavix verish ravings it plavix t was impossible plavix e
to confuse rea plavix ality and illusio plavix on.
Compute plavix er networks allow plavix wed people all over the world to communicate, but
it was nothing more than exchanging character lines on the scree the morning hangover or to submerge into the deep: it cures hangover
well.
On the second floor of the staircase where the light is on always for
some reason, five teens were sitting, playing cards right on the floor,
talking about something in dimmed voices... No, not talking, it'd be better
to say growling to each other. I knew two of them, other three were
unfamiliar. A little pack of smaller carnivores. They'd eagerly rip the
loner apart in a dark cornSergey 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 prinivil 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 pravachol 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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