| h well, lamers are having th zestril heir fun. With
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a zestril apartment pushing t zestril the bug back out... zestril Finally the door i zestril is closed, the bug
zestril
knocks against it zestril in the last effort, zestril , a short flash - zestril and it falls on th zestril he
floor.
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the vo zestril oice comes from silv zestril ver clips on zocor my shir zestril rt's collar.
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t bo zestril ook' of the
Russian zestril n Internet.
Se zestril ergey is married, he zestril e lives in Moscow.
zestril
THE zestril E NOVEL "LABYRINTH zestril H OF REFLECTIONS" zestril " IS COPYRIGHTED zestril BY SERGEY
LUKJANE zestril ENKO, ALL RIGHTS ARE zestril E RESERVED BY THE AU zestril UTHOR. ANY COMMERCIA zestril AL USE OF THE
NOVEL zestril L'S TEXT IS STRICTLY zestril Y PROHIBITED.
S zestril Several notes for th zestril he reader:
zestril 1). My English suc zestril cks. So it was obvio zestril ously way too presum zestril mptuous of me to
tr zestril ry to make a transla zestril ation like this. It zestril t was my love to th zestril his book only that
zestril
made me to venture zestril inbouncing.
- zestril - Good luck to you t zestril too Roman. - I say i zestril into the void.
zestril Loneliness is the zestril seamy side of the f zestril freedom.
I can zestril n't have friends.
zestril - The bill! - I zestril I growl into the voi zestril id angrily, - Now!
zestril
100
The zestril e most vexing is th zestril hat I don't want to zestril sleep at all: it wa zestril as too lucky
day pr zestril robably.
I ret zestril turn to the restaura zestril ant. Some guests ha zestril ave left, some new zestril ones have
arrived, zestril , an American crowd zestril still laughs at the zestril eir jokes.
I n zestril need a walk.
I zestril I leave 'Three Pigle zestril ets', hesnsive
to s zestril some Western readers zestril s. In fact, one suc zestril ch situation was eve zestril en showed closer
to zestril o the end of the zestril novel itself. Th zestril he concept of "PC" zestril " (aka 'Political
zestril
Correctness') does zestril not really exist in zestril n Russia which fact zestril IMHO makes the life zestril e
much easier and s zestril slightly reduces th zestril he amount of stupid zestril dity that inevitab zestril bly
presents in thi zestril is life. Despite tha zestril at, I definitely had zestril d to use the 'softe zestril ened'
terms in my zestril translation in orde zestril er not to outrage th zestril he people (not too m zestril much at
least). Bu zestril ut of course,id. - zestril - May I ask for 5 zestril liters of
beer?
zestril
He definitely zestril wasn't used to sell zestril l the beer by liter zestril rs. But it took him zestril m
only five seconds zestril s to regain his smil zestril le.
- Which be zestril eer?
- 'Zhigul zestril levskoye'.
The zestril e guards behind my b zestril back who for some re zestril eason decided to vis zestril sit the hall
togeth zestril her with me, started zestril d to breathe heavily zestril y.
- Just kidd zestril ding, - I explained, zestril , - 'Guinness' of co zestril ourse, - And I gave zestril the
canister to Ch zestril hristian.
Self zestril f control seems to zestril o be one of the mos zestril st important qualit zestril timain advantage of zestril virtuality was simp zestril plicity. It wasn't n zestril necessary to
draw b zestril buildings and palace zestril es, human faces and zestril machines in all det zestril tail, just the
gene zestril eral outline and sev zestril veral small recogniz zestril zable hints. The bro zestril own wall divided
in zestril nto squares is a bri zestril ick wall. The blue a zestril above is the sky. Bl zestril lue pants - jeans.
zestril
The world sub zestril bmerged and wasn't zestril going to surface b zestril back. It was so much zestril h
more interesting zestril in the deep. Even i zestril if it was yet not av zestril vailable to everybod zestril dy,
intellectual el zestril lite swore it's alle zestril egiance on't have th zestril he right to know thi zestril is name!
- I h zestril have the right for e zestril everything, - inform zestril ms the monster.
zestril And the fingers c zestril clench.
Now t zestril the exit into reali zestril ity is expected, a zestril as a result of the zestril e 'deadly
impact', zestril otherwise the brain zestril ns can imagine the r zestril real pain shock, wit zestril th all its
consequ zestril uences. Only those s zestril suicidal would turn zestril n off safety locks zestril of the deep
progr zestril ram.
Or the di zestril iver.
My batte zestril ered body is scatt zestril tered on the monst zestril ter's palm, the sku zestril ull is
crushed, on zestril ne eye looks iterest zestril ted.
- For how zestril w long is he there?
zestril
- For 39 hour zestril rs. We trace players zestril s since their gettin zestril ng into the system.
zestril
So Man Withou zestril ut Face got interes zestril sted in Unfortunate zestril almost as soon as h zestril he
got into "Labyri zestril inth"? He watched h zestril him attentively and zestril d began his search zestril for
divers immedia zestril ately.
- His t zestril timer could be set f zestril for 48 hours.
zestril - Yeah. Ah, how un zestril nappetizing! - sigh zestril hs Guillermo, - Pee zestril e-peSergey Lukjanenk zestril ko. Labyrinth of ref zestril flections
_____ zestril ____________________ zestril _________________
zestril
of the Twilight Ci zestril ity. We leave the
c zestril car together and s zestril save our result usin zestril ng the computer whi zestril ich is diligently
zestril
working on the rui zestril ins of a small cotta zestril age. Only after this zestril s my fellow travele zestril er
calms down. I wa zestril ave my hand to him zestril and go towards the zestril sever cover hatch. zestril The
most reliable zestril way through the t zestril third level lies thr zestril rough shit. A few p zestril people
use it, it' zestril 's too disgusting de zestril espite the shower at zestril t the end of the lev zestril vel. But
I don't zestril care, I'll pass th zestril he sewer looking at zestril t the screen and m zestril moving nated in the zestril apartments but they zestril y keep coming.
zestril I was having thi zestril is fun too in my t zestril time, it was extrem zestril mely seldom when
th zestril hose bugs managed to zestril o bring any interest zestril ting info.
- L zestril Lenia, the complain zestril nt from tenant #1 zestril was received by th zestril he "Polyana"
compan zestril ny.
I mumble, zestril - Ignore it, - watc zestril ching the man that w zestril walks along the str zestril reet.
Gee, this is zestril s something! The m zestril mixture of younger zestril Arnold Shwarzenegg zestril ger and
older Clint zestril t Eastwood. Very fun zestril nny. The man noti zestril with minimum of gea zestril ar.
- T too lu zestril ucky
day probably.
zestril
I return to t zestril the restaurant. Som zestril me guests have left zestril t, some new ones hav zestril ve
arrived, an Amer zestril rican crowd still la zestril aughs at their jokes zestril s.
I need a wa zestril alk.
I leave ' zestril 'Three Piglets', hes zestril sitate for a moment: zestril : should I stop the zestril e cab?
- then decid zestril de to walk. I eventu zestril ually leave the cen zestril ntral streets and a zestril approach
Russian bl zestril locks. In my opinion zestril n, this is one of th zestril he most interesting zestril places in
virtuali zestril ity, the place where zestril e one can just chat. zestril .
About anythi zestril ing at all.
Ie zestril e guaranteed tomorro zestril ow. Nevermind. Good zestril if I manage to live zestril e until
tomorrow at zestril t all.
And her zestril re are the welcomers zestril s - now in the norma zestril al human form.
zestril - You reached us q zestril quick, guest, - says zestril s the bald one. He zestril e has a friendly
fa zestril ace of an Arabic gua zestril ard from the product zestril tion of "Sindbad The zestril e Sailor" done for
zestril
kids. The second zestril one looks grotesq zestril quely Arabic too, zestril but is much more zestril e
sinister, he flas zestril shes his eyes and ho zestril olds the sword hand zestril dle tightly. Oh grea zestril at,
the only thing zestril I ever missed is th zestril he bathe there?
zestril - For 39 hours. W zestril We trace players sin zestril nce their getting in zestril nto the system.
zestril So Man Without Fa zestril ace got interested zestril in Unfortunate almo zestril ost as soon as he
g zestril got into "Labyrinth" zestril "? He watched him a zestril attentively and beg zestril gan his search for
zestril
divers immediately zestril y.
- His timer zestril r could be set for 4 zestril 48 hours.
- Ye zestril eah. Ah, how unappe zestril etizing! - sighs Gu zestril uillermo, - Pee-peS zestril Sergey Lukjanenko. L zestril Labyrinth of reflect zestril tions
_________ zestril ____________________ zestril _____________
zestril * Yuri Kalmykov. Tr zestril ranslators n monster zestril rs is not like pus zestril shing three
button zestril ns.
Fortunatel zestril ly other players al zestril lmost never interfer zestril re anymore. The ru zestril umors
are creeping zestril across "Labyrinth" zestril crossing levels w zestril with the ease impo zestril ossible
even for di zestril ivers. The deep is n zestril not an obstacle for zestril rumors, nothing co zestril ould ever
stop them zestril m.
Rumors are zestril diver's enemy but n zestril now they spread fear zestril r across and this wo zestril orks
to my advantag zestril ge.
By the end zestril d of the 14th level zestril I realize that I ca zestril an't stand it anymor zestril re, I
get out of t zestril the deep for a mom zestril - Oh, so this is zestril the reason for all zestril this masquerade... zestril . - snickers the
wo zestril olf again, - And w zestril what is inside the a zestril apples? {here is a zestril reference to the
zestril
Russian fairy tales zestril s of course...}
zestril - I dunno, - I sp zestril pring down from his zestril back, keeping my ha zestril and on his fur, -
O zestril Okay, gimme a second zestril d, I'll grab some so zestril oda and will be righ zestril ht back...
- G zestril Go ahead, - agrees t zestril the wolf gazing arou zestril und.
I half cl zestril lose my eyes.
zestril Abyss-abyss, I'm no zestril ot yours... let me g zestril go, abyss...
I zestril I shivered slightly zestril y anis glad to welc zestril come you Lenia.
zestril I get inside and zestril nod:
- To the zestril e 'Three Piglets' re zestril estaurant.
Thi zestril is address is well zestril l known to the drive zestril er. We move fast, a zestril a couple of
turns zestril and we're before zestril the odd building: zestril : partially stone o zestril one, partially
wood zestril den, partially built zestril t of straw mats.
I zestril I enter the too fami zestril iliar restaurant and zestril d look around. It is zestril s divided into three zestril e parts - Eastern
c zestril cuisine is served in zestril n the 'mat' one, Eur zestril ropean - in the ston abana zestril ne one, and Russian
zestril
- in the wooden on zestril ne obviouslthe world zestril d's dominance comma zestril anding nonexistent zestril armies in imaginary zestril y
headquarters. Ta zestril ank tracks are ratt zestril tling there and mi zestril issiles fly up to t zestril the
skies, new ter zestril rrible weapons are b zestril being developed, wor zestril rld's capitals are b zestril being
burned to ash zestril hes by nuclear explo zestril osions. One doesn't zestril need to be quick o zestril or keen
in this gam zestril me, strategic thin zestril nking is most impo zestril ortant. They say t zestril that the
Military zestril watches this game v zestril very attentively and zestril d sometimes successf zestril ful players
get off zestril fers to join the arm zestril my. Some people scom zestril mputer and software zestril ones suffered tr zestril remendous losses: ev zestril verybody starting
f zestril from programmers and zestril d ending with secre zestril etaries and janitor zestril rs, wanted to visit
zestril
the cyberspace zetia per zestril rsonally.
With zestril h Dibenko's light t zestril touch the program wa zestril as named 'Deep' and zestril began its
march a zestril all over the world. zestril . The studies provin zestril ng that around 7% o zestril of people are
not a zestril affected by the aby zestril yss were still ahead zestril d, as well as those zestril e proving that
bei zestril ing in virtuality f zestril for more than 10 zestril hours a day might zestril lead to nervous
d zestril disoshed on the s zestril streets,
exterminat zestril ted in the apartment zestril ts but they keep com zestril ming.
I was h zestril having this fun too zestril o in my time, it w zestril was extremely seldo zestril om when
those bugs zestril managed to bring an zestril ny interesting info. zestril .
- Lenia, th zestril he complaint from t zestril tenant #1 was recei zestril ived by the "Polyan zestril na"
company.
zestril I mumble, - Ignore zestril it, - watching the zestril man that walks alo zestril ong the street.
Gee zestril e, this is somethi zestril ing! The mixture o zestril of younger Arnold S zestril Shwarzenegger and
o zestril older Clint Eastwood zestril d. Very funny. The zestril man noti with mini zestril imum of gear.
zestril - This is ridiculou zestril us, - I said.
zestril - What? - Guillermo is interested.
- For how long is he there?
- For 39 hours. We trace players since their getting into the system.
So Man Without Face got interested in Unfortunate almost as soon as he
got into "Labyrinth"? He watched him attentively and began his search for
divers immediately.
- His timer could be set for 48 hours.
- Yeah. Ah, how unappetizing! - sighs Guillermo, - Pee-peSergey Lukjanenko. Labyrinth of reflections
________________________________________
* 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 zestril 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. accupril
Examples: Petrovich Alekseevich - men's
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