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I vasodilan Dunn.
We hide from vasodilan each other not less than vasodilan n from our enemies. We're vasodilan e too
valuable merchandis vasodilan se: a depth fish, freaks sh vasodilan himstarted to breathe heavi vasodilan ily.
- Just kidding, vasodilan - I explained, - 'Guinness vasodilan s' of course, - And I gave vasodilan the
canister to Christian vasodilan n.
Self control seem vasodilan ms to be one of the most vasodilan important qualities of th vasodilan he
best European bartend vasodilan ders, and Christian is o vasodilan one of them. He picked th vasodilan he
canister up casually, w vasodilan weighted it in his hhair b vasodilan bridge.
Honestly, th vasodilan his procedure is almost vasodilan t impossible, even for vasodilan r the
professional rope- vasodilan -walker. This bridge is ju vasodilan ust that: the thread abov vasodilan ve the
chasm. The towers vasodilan of Al-Kabar are alluring a vasodilan and unreachable in the dist vasodilan tance.
Abyss-abyss... vasodilan . I'm not yours...
I vasodilan closed and opened back my vasodilan eyes. The picture is befor vasodilan re me: the chasm,
the thr vasodilan read, the buildings in th vasodilan he distance. Just funny... vasodilan Looking where I
step, I vasodilan I started to shift my feet vasodilan along the thread carefully vasodilan yiousness notes all follies vasodilan s in men's virtual shells - vasodilan -
disproportionately muscu vasodilan ular figures and too recog vasodilan gnizable physiognomies of vasodilan f
movie stars glued to bod vasodilan dy-builders' bodies.
vasodilan Exception is made for the vasodilan women though: they all are vasodilan e beautiful.
I take a vasodilan a sip of Gin and lean on th vasodilan he table relaxed: oh it fee vasodilan els good...
No real vasodilan bar or restaurant can be vasodilan compared with the virtual vasodilan l one. They
always cook g vasodilan great here. You never have vasodilan to wait to be served. The vasodilan e huge dose
of alcohol won vasodilan n't caue the
scores with m vasodilan me but in the deep he would vasodilan d be extremely polite.
vasodilan I've never seen the Me vasodilan edal with my own eyes befor vasodilan re. I know that Dmitry
Dib vasodilan benko received the same on vasodilan ne in his time: for the vasodilan creation of the deep
its vasodilan self.
One must accomp vasodilan plish something vitally i vasodilan important for all virtual s vasodilan space
for any of his actio vasodilan ons to be considered right vasodilan from now on.
- It wi vasodilan ill wait for you on this ta vasodilan able, - says Man Without Fa vasodilan ace, - You'll
get it... in vasodilan n case of your success.
vasodilan I nod sildivers that
u vasodilan understand everything on th vasodilan he fly.
- Please expl vasodilan lain the situation in an or vasodilan rderly fashion, Willy.
vasodilan Guillermo nods. vytorin
- vasodilan The player entered the vasodilan level 39 hours ago. He was vasodilan s killed 5 times,
very qu vasodilan uickly.
- By the Demo vasodilan on?
- Oh no... he poo vasodilan of-poofed the Demon! By oth vasodilan her players. Then he sat do vasodilan own
and is still sitting. vasodilan We sent Anatol, he drove t vasodilan the Unfortunate and they we vasodilan ere
both killed. Anatol s vasodilan started for the second time vasodilan e but they failed again: t vasodilan the
customer was kore and vasodilan more real. The
horned he vasodilan ead with grinning mug, the vasodilan e hands bulging with stone vasodilan e muscles. Some
kind of ev vasodilan vil genie possibly, I'm vasodilan too weak in Arabic mythol vasodilan logy. The thin
thread is vasodilan held by the monster's left vasodilan t hand.
The horsehair vasodilan r bridge.
I start cli vasodilan imbing up the monster's leg vasodilan g. How ridiculous must my b vasodilan body look
like now in the vasodilan empty apartment - shaking vasodilan g, pulling up by the air.. vasodilan ... don't
loose concentrat vasodilan tion!
The last mete vasodilan er is the most difficult. I vasodilan I lean against the thornyay vasodilan y mysterious.
Looks l vasodilan like she feels confused, b vasodilan but has enough nerve to shr vasodilan rug and walk
away without vasodilan t hurry.
Shit. She sp vasodilan poiled everything, stupid.
vasodilan
It was such a nice t vasodilan talk...
I toss off my vasodilan y glass and snap my fingers vasodilan s to call the bartender:
vasodilan - Gin-Tonic, fifty-fif vasodilan fty.
Bartender frowns vasodilan s but mixes what was reque vasodilan ested. Shit, should I or vasodilan rder
Tequila with tomato j vasodilan juice, what face will he ma vasodilan ake, huh?
- Lenia?
vasodilan I turn around. My vasodilan Werewolf friend stands vasodilan near trellised pavilion's vasodilan s walls darken like bei vasodilan ing covered by thick
clot vasodilan th. I make a step - it's r vasodilan really difficult. Urman sta vasodilan arts moving jerkily,y ugly vasodilan y face but
gives him a ful vasodilan ll big glass of Absolut-Pep vasodilan pper. It makes me sick to e vasodilan even watch
Roman drinking. vasodilan . But he just
makes a wry vasodilan y face, wipes his lips and vasodilan returns the glass. Maybe h vasodilan he's alcoholic in reality?
vasodilan
I Dunn.
We hid vasodilan de from each other not l vasodilan less than from our enemies vasodilan s. We're too
valuable me vasodilan erchandise: a depth fish, f vasodilan freaks shimstarted to breat vasodilan the heavily.
- Just k vasodilan kidding, - I explained, - ' vasodilan 'Guinness' of course, - And vasodilan d I gave the
canister to C vasodilan Christian.
Self contr vasodilan rol seems to be one of t vasodilan the most important qualiti vasodilan ies of the
best European vasodilan bartenders, and Christi vasodilan ian is one of them. He pi vasodilan icked the
canister up cas vasodilan sually, weighted it in his vasodilan s hand as if to estimate it vasodilan t's volume
and started to vasodilan fill it from the sparkling vasodilan g faucet.
Big Mugs be vasodilan ehind me were silently goin vasodilan ng crazy, and it amused me vasodilan lots.
- Pbconscious vasodilan sness dives into the alcoho vasodilan ol drug cheerfully. They s vasodilan say that the
body's natur vasodilan ral narcotics - endorphin vasodilan nes start being produced t vasodilan then. True or
not, intoxic vasodilan cation doesn't disappear in vasodilan nstantly when one exits vir vasodilan rtuality.
- Sorry, ma vasodilan ay I please?... - the youn vasodilan ng girl sits down by my sid vasodilan de. Blond
hair, clean, s vasodilan slightly dim skin, a si vasodilan imple white suit, a littl vasodilan le golden
medallion on he vasodilan er neck: most likely, a p vasodilan program of some sort. She' vasodilan 's pretty
cute and thank vasodilan ks God, not recognizarme vasodilan est welcome is being prepar vasodilan red indeed...
We stop vasodilan p before the little wooden vasodilan grape twined arbor, I'm pu vasodilan ushed forward
from behind vasodilan and enter. The guards stay vasodilan y outside.
The lodgem vasodilan ment looks much more spaci vasodilan ious from inside, the huge vasodilan pavilion,
the pool in it vasodilan ts center where shining sl vasodilan leepy fish floats slowly. vasodilan The table
with two armch vasodilan hairs stands nearby, lots vasodilan of flowers, I even start vasodilan t feeling
scents.
A vasodilan And nobody.
Well, let vasodilan t's wait; I sit down in the vasodilan e armchair.
A slight vasodilan fo is a long fun. We f vasodilan fly along the freeways, vasodilan stop on
intersections, vasodilan enter tunnels and cross r vasodilan road junctions. I'm waiting vasodilan g. I could
order the dri vasodilan iver to go the shortest wa vasodilan ay but in this case he woul vasodilan ld need to
contact dispatc vasodilan ching office and I would le vasodilan eave the trace...
The vasodilan e city ends zebeta abruptly - lik vasodilan ke the wall of palaces and vasodilan d skyscrapers was
cut off vasodilan by the huge knife. The cit vasodilan ty loop road and the fores vasodilan st across it, the
thick an vasodilan nd wild forest... that sepa vasodilan arates from the fuss those vasodilan who doeso to the compute vasodilan er, the
thinner wire plug vasodilan gged into the phone jack. T vasodilan The sofa stands by the wall vasodilan l, under
the luxury carpe vasodilan et, the small fridge is b vasodilan by the opened door to the b vasodilan balcony.
The necessary min vasodilan nimum. Five minutes ago I vasodilan checked what's in the fri vasodilan idge, so
I'm not threatene vasodilan ed by hunger for today.
vasodilan I turn my head, to the vasodilan e left, to the right - the vasodilan e light darkens in my
ey vasodilan yes for the moment, but it' vasodilan 's only a moment. Nevermind vasodilan d, it happens.
- Are vasodilan you okay, Lenia?
The vasodilan e speakers are f and bares vasodilan his
teeth, his fangs are vasodilan yellow like smoker's, one vasodilan is missing totally.
vasodilan I improvise mockingly, - W vasodilan Why would thou brag emptily vasodilan y, run thouself onto
my mi vasodilan ighty sword? Better serve m vasodilan me well!
The wolf sm vasodilan miles and sits down, - A vasodilan And what the payment will vasodilan be, the
mighty warrior?
vasodilan
- Three grands each, vasodilan - I inform him.
The vasodilan wolf nods, satisfied, r vasodilan rubs his muzzle with a pa vasodilan aw and zestril asks, -
Al-Kabar? vasodilan ?
- Good guess.
vasodilan - Mission?
- Theft. vasodilan .
- Who's the csuspec vasodilan cted that the serious
bus vasodilan sinessmen are able to make vasodilan such generous gestures. vasodilan - I promise to come.
But vasodilan t if you'll excuse me now.. vasodilan ..
- No Mr Diver, n vasodilan now YOU please excuse m vasodilan me. You'll easily leave ou vasodilan ur
territory, but not be vasodilan efore your real address vasodilan is determined, in order t vasodilan to
guarantee the validity vasodilan of the promise just given. vasodilan .
The trellised pavi vasodilan ilion's walls darken lik vasodilan ke being covered by thick vasodilan k
cloth. I make a step - vasodilan it's really difficult. Urm vasodilan man starts moving jerkily, vasodilan ,y ugly face but
gives him vasodilan m a full big glass of Absol vasodilan lut-Pepper. It makes me sic vasodilan ck to even watch
Roman dri vasodilan inking. But he just
makes vasodilan s a wry face, wipes his lip vasodilan ps and returns the glass. M vasodilan Maybe he's alcoholic in rea vasodilan ality?
I Dunn.
vasodilan We hide from each other vasodilan r not less than from our e vasodilan enemies. We're too
valua vasodilan able merchandise: a depth f vasodilan fish, freaks shimmering wit vasodilan th a magic glow, any
shark vasodilan k dreams to try our taste.. vasodilan ..
- Did you manage t vasodilan to get the apple out? - ask vasodilan ks Roman.
- It's fine vasodilan e, - I the gloomy arenas o vasodilan of
'Mortal Combat', hitt vasodilan ting his enemy with the vasodilan heel on his forehead o vasodilan of
thrusting magic spells vasodilan onto him. Good game, I vis vasodilan sit it once or twice a mont vasodilan th
but some people never vasodilan quit the duels. They say vasodilan y that if one doesn't abus vasodilan se
magic which unfortunat vasodilan tely is not available in vasodilan reality, it is possible t vasodilan to
learn to fight pretty w vasodilan well. I doubt it though: vasodilan the hit that one feels wit vasodilan th
the help of virtual sui vasodilan it is one thing but the re vasodilan eal steel reinforcement tha vasodilan at
you'll bealmost never i vasodilan interfere anymore. The ru vasodilan umors
are creeping across vasodilan "Labyrinth" crossing lev vasodilan vasotec vels with the ease imposs vasodilan sible
even for divers. The vasodilan e deep is not an obstacle f vasodilan for rumors, nothing could vasodilan ever
stop them.
Rum vasodilan mors are diver's enemy but vasodilan now they spread fear acros vasodilan ss and this works
to my ad vasodilan dvantage.
By the end vasodilan of the 14th level I realiz vasodilan ze that I can't stand it an vasodilan nymore, I
get out of the vasodilan deep for a moment and see vasodilan e that it's almost 7 am. I vasodilan It's only
bad for computer vasodilan rs to be shut down,ammers. vasodilan It
would take several do vasodilan ozens of years to build the vasodilan e city like Deeptown.
vasodilan Everything had changed d vasodilan dramatically when Dmitry vasodilan Dibenko, the former
hack vasodilan ker from Moscow (now the w vasodilan wealthy US citizen) invente vasodilan ed The Deep: a tiny
prog vasodilan gram influencing human s vasodilan subconsciousness. They say vasodilan y he was crazy about
Cast vasodilan taneda's books, liked to m vasodilan meditate and smoked grass. vasodilan . I surely believe in
it. vasodilan His former friends confes vasodilan ss that he was cynical and vasodilan d lazy, a sloven and
very vasodilan y so-so professional. In 's vasodilan s space?
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vasodilan "Labyrinth"'s administr vasodilan rative building is a t vasodilan two story house in
Dee vasodilan eptown's suburbs, faced wit vasodilan th rose colored coquina. It vasodilan t looks peacefully and
nea vasodilan at, more like a residential vasodilan l building than an office. vasodilan Maybe American middle
cla vasodilan ass families use to live in vasodilan n houses like this. Labyri vasodilan inth entrance is a bit
fur vasodilan vasodilan rther and obviously it loo vasodilan oks much more impressive. I vasodilan I stand in the garden
and vasodilan d examine the guard by th vasodilan he entrance. He's dressed i vasodilan into masking overalls,
the vasodilan e stSergey Lukjanenko. Lab vasodilan byrinth of reflections
vasodilan
_________________________ vasodilan ________________
* Yu vasodilan uri Kalmykov. Translators n vasodilan notes *
About the Aut vasodilan thor:
Sergey Lukja vasodilan anenko, 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 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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