| m lie in the deep for a
w himcolin while instead of c himcolin changing the compu himcolin uters.
- Not himcolin t ethical... - mut himcolin tters Windows-Home himcolin e dolefully.
himcolin I rush along th himcolin he band. The chann himcolin nel is excellent, himcolin I'm above the wal himcolin ll in
a couple A himcolin And you're Bill Ga himcolin ates possibly. - I himcolin I reply.
Eve himcolin en if he smiles, I himcolin I can't see it for himcolin r sure.
- Po himcolin ossibly.
Yea himcolin ah right. The own himcolin ner of Microsoft i himcolin in pursue of dive himcolin ers along the Net. himcolin .
Firstly, he mak himcolin kes money by more himcolin traditional means himcolin s, secondly he doe himcolin esn't speak
Russi himcolin ian hin - onlhave himcolin e no time to open himcolin fire. I change
t himcolin the charger and himcolin approach the bo himcolin odies. Their rifle himcolin es are destroyed himcolin by the
bullets. himcolin . Pity. One can't himcolin go very far with himcolin just a gun.
himcolin I walk through t himcolin the building: the himcolin e series of empty himcolin befouled halls, b himcolin blood
pools, wall himcolin ls covered by some himcolin e desperate sloga himcolin ans and curses... himcolin Not a station
b himcolin building but the B himcolin levitra Brest fortress. {T himcolin The fortress on S himcolin Soviet-Polish bord himcolin der that
was one himcolin of the first to b himcolin be attacked by the himcolin e Nazis in the mor himcolin rning of June 22, himcolin ,
1941} According himcolin g t fantasy sugge himcolin ested me to get 'S himcolin Shick-Protector'
himcolin
also. Nothing els himcolin se could come into himcolin o my mind after th himcolin hat, just some mes himcolin ssy ideas
about t himcolin the second phone l himcolin lintry.
- I' himcolin 'm sorry... - the himcolin e girl bites her himcolin lips slightly, s himcolin she is obviously
himcolin
excited, - Of co himcolin ourse I'm terribly himcolin y tactless but... himcolin What is your name himcolin e?
I underst himcolin tand.
- Not himcolin Dmitry Dibenko. T himcolin This is what inter himcolin rests you, right?
himcolin
The girl l himcolin looks at my face himcolin intently and nods himcolin s, then quickly d himcolin drains her
glass himcolin dry.
- I'm himcolin not lying. and
himcolin
effective. Some o himcolin others do with suc himcolin ch puny little roo himcolin oms that one can himcolin wonder -
what is himcolin s virtuality here himcolin for at all.
himcolin Obviously Al-Kab himcolin bar is one of thos himcolin se. I peek into t himcolin the window of the himcolin e low
stone build himcolin ding that we pass himcolin by.
Equipme himcolin ent... too unfamil himcolin liar one to iden himcolin ntify, several p himcolin people by the
ta himcolin ables. One of them himcolin m holds a test-tub himcolin be in his hands. H himcolin Ha, chemical exper himcolin riments
in virtua himcolin ality! Something n himcolin new. It's worthy himcolin y only if they w himcolin work on some very
himcolin
poisonous substa himcolin ances... or bacter himcolin rsonality!
- himcolin - What do you want himcolin t?
The drive himcolin er ignores me, b himcolin but watches never himcolin rtheless, examinin himcolin ng me with
curi himcolin iosity of the hunt himcolin ter who managed to himcolin o shoot the firebi himcolin ird.
- Okay himcolin y, you have asked himcolin for this, - I sa himcolin ay trying not to p himcolin panic and take
th himcolin he revolver out.
himcolin
Six bullets himcolin - six different himcolin viruses. It's a w himcolin weak weapon but I himcolin I rely on
the var himcolin riety of loads, ma himcolin aybe the kidnapper himcolin r's protection won himcolin n't stand it.
himcolin Three bullets j himcolin just go through himcolin him without 'seei himcolin ing' the target. himcolin Good
let them himcolin lie in the deep himcolin p for a
while ins himcolin stead of changing himcolin the computers.
himcolin - Not ethical himcolin l... - mutters Win himcolin ndows-Home doleful himcolin lly.
I rush himcolin along the band. himcolin The channel is ex himcolin xcellent, I'm abov himcolin ve the wall in
a himcolin couple And you'r himcolin re Bill Gates poss himcolin sibly. - I reply.
himcolin
Even if he himcolin smiles, I can't s himcolin see it for sure.
himcolin
- Possibly.
himcolin
Yeah right himcolin t. The owner of Mi himcolin icrosoft in pursu himcolin ue of divers along himcolin g the Net.
Firstl himcolin ly, he makes money himcolin y by more traditio himcolin onal means, second himcolin dly he doesn't spe himcolin eak
Russian hin himcolin - only 'Guinness himcolin s', 'Heineken', himcolin 'Kilkenny'... an himcolin nd
instead of Be himcolin elgian boiled saus himcolin sage the decent Mo himcolin oscow 'servelat' himcolin {raw-smoked
hard himcolin d sausage} and a himcolin real ham. And als himcolin so... well, I'll b himcolin buy the coffee ma himcolin aker.
Down with i himcolin instant coffee!
himcolin When for the himcolin e first time in tw himcolin wo days I started himcolin d to shave and cut himcolin t myself
quite ta himcolin angibly, New Russi himcolin ian's fantasy sug himcolin ggested me to get himcolin 'Shick-Protector' himcolin '
also. Nothing e himcolin else could come in himcolin nto my mind after himcolin that, just some m himcolin messy ideas
about himcolin t the second phone himcolin e lintry.
- himcolin I'm sorry... - t himcolin the girl bites he himcolin er lips slightly, himcolin she is obviousl himcolin ly
excited, - Of himcolin course I'm terrib himcolin bly tactless but.. himcolin .. What is your na himcolin ame?
I under himcolin rstand.
- No himcolin ot Dmitry Dibenko. himcolin . This is what int himcolin terests you, right himcolin t?
The girl himcolin looks at my fac himcolin ce intently and no himcolin ods, then quickly himcolin drains her
glas himcolin ss dry.
- I' himcolin 'm not lying. Hone himcolin est. - I say softl himcolin ly.
- I beli himcolin ieve you, - the g himcolin girl nods to bart himcolin tender, then reac himcolin ches her hand
out himcolin t to me, - I'm Nad himcolin dya.
I shake himcolin e her hand ahelmet himcolin t's screens, the himcolin well known emble himcolin em of the Deep, himcolin the Abyss, the
himcolin
virtual world.
himcolin After taking himcolin off the helmet I himcolin looked at the m himcolin monitor, blinked himcolin several
times. T himcolin The same picture t himcolin there.
- Vik himcolin ka, thanks.
himcolin - No problems, L himcolin Lenia, - answered himcolin Windows-Home. I himcolin taught it this sm himcolin mall
courtesy a himcolin week ago, it's al himcolin lways nice when th himcolin he program looks m himcolin more humanized
th himcolin han it really is.
himcolin
- Terminal. himcolin .
The blue c himcolin changed into the t himcolin terminal's panel. himcolin I manually connec himcolin cted to the
sixth himcolin h of the stage ask himcolin kance.
- Ge himcolin entlemen! - he s himcolin shouts. Hm, he's himcolin really Baltic u himcolin unless it was my
himcolin
subconsciousness himcolin that made me he himcolin ear the accent. - himcolin - 'Lithocomp' com himcolin mpany is
honored himcolin d to offer you the himcolin e lowest prices fo himcolin or the following.. himcolin ..
A-haaa... himcolin . no questions.
himcolin I look at t himcolin the booth too: the himcolin e moderator's hidi himcolin ing place. Every c himcolin club has
the pers himcolin son who watches th himcolin he talks to corre himcolin espond to the dec himcolin clared topic. The himcolin e
question is tho himcolin ough: is moderator himcolin r on duty now or w himcolin will react later?
himcolin
Heiration.
himcolin
- Hi Sly, - himcolin - I say passing b himcolin by. Almost for sur himcolin re the guy is Russ himcolin sian, and
what's himcolin s definitely-he's himcolin a newbie.
- himcolin - Do I really look himcolin k like him? - asks himcolin s the guy with hop himcolin pe.
- Yeah.. himcolin .. - I stop. The b himcolin beer makes my mood himcolin d benevolent, - Ar himcolin re you new in
the himcolin e deep?
- himcolin In what? Ah yes.. himcolin . new.
- It' himcolin 's a bad form to p himcolin put on appearances himcolin s of famous peopl himcolin le, and also the
himcolin
sign of newbi himcolin ie. Try to co himcolin onstruct your himcolin own personality. himcolin ... use
'Biocon himcolin nstructor' for ins himcolin stance and work
himcolin It's almost himcolin always evening himcolin in Deeptown. The himcolin streets are lit himcolin by the
bright l himcolin light of neon si himcolin igns, cars softly himcolin growl scudding a himcolin along the streets, himcolin ,
and people mov himcolin ve in neverendin himcolin ng stream. Twenty himcolin y-five million of himcolin permanent
inhab himcolin bitants: the bigg himcolin gest megapolis in himcolin the world. Faces himcolin himcolin s can't be seen f himcolin from
the height himcolin of eleventh floo himcolin or. I finish my himcolin Sprite and throw himcolin the can down
re himcolin eturning into the himcolin room.
- Not himcolin t ethical... - mut himcolin tters the computer himcolin r. Ignoring it I himcolin leave the room,
himcolin
put o
I shru himcolin ug. What a strange himcolin e talk.
- Ex himcolin xcuse me... you're himcolin e Russian, right? himcolin - asks the girl.
himplasia
himcolin
I nod. The himcolin ere are lots of R himcolin Russians in virtu himcolin uality: nowhere el himcolin lse in the
world himcolin the computer time himcolin e usage is control himcolin lled as poorly as himcolin in our country.
himcolin
- I'm sorry. himcolin ... - the girl bi himcolin ites her lips sli himcolin ightly, she is o himcolin obviously
excited himcolin d, - Of course I'm himcolin m terribly tactles himcolin ss but... What is himcolin your name?
himcolin I understand.
himcolin - Not Dmitry D himcolin Dibenko. This is w himcolin what interests you himcolin u, right?
Th himcolin he girl lookt, - himcolin Are you new in
t himcolin the deep?
himcolin - In what? Ah yes himcolin s.. new.
- I himcolin It's a bad form to himcolin o put on appearanc himcolin ces of famous peo himcolin ople, and also the himcolin e
sign of new himcolin wbie. Try to himcolin construct your himcolin own personalit himcolin ty... use
'Bioc himcolin constructor' for i himcolin instance and work himcolin a little.
- himcolin - 'Bioconstructor' hytrin himcolin '? - asks the guy himcolin confused.
- himcolin - Yes. A very sim himcolin mple program with himcolin Russian interface himcolin e, it is scatter himcolin red
around on all himcolin l servers in the n himcolin novice directories himcolin s.
- Thanks. himcolin ... - 'Stallone' himcolin drags himself alo himcolin ongme, do what the himcolin e Romans do.
himcolin The wide steep s himcolin stairway leads dow himcolin wn from the city himcolin wall. We descend. himcolin . The
good-nature himcolin ed guard before me himcolin e, the wheezing himcolin ill-wisher behind himcolin d me. I ignore
h himcolin him carefully, loo himcolin oking at the bald himcolin patch of the frie himcolin endly one. He has himcolin s a big
wart ex himcolin xactly on his ci himcolin inciput. Interesti himcolin ing, is it real himcolin lly drawn or my himcolin y
subconsciousnes himcolin ss tricks me? It' himcolin 's not reasonable himcolin to leave the de himcolin eep just to
check himcolin k such a trifle th himcolin hough.
The himcolin Al-Kabar block i himcolin is not big, not mo himcolin ore than cordless himcolin s modem and
sup himcolin per-sensitive Siem himcolin mens microphone... himcolin . with a color pri himcolin inter, Dunn what himcolin for,
but let himcolin it be, a decent himcolin t scanner instead himcolin of the manual p himcolin piece of shit, a
himcolin
dedicated phone l himcolin line... Geez, even himcolin n 50 grands isn't himcolin enough!
On himcolin the other hand... himcolin . why would I need himcolin d two rooms in th himcolin he apartment? Even himcolin n
here the kitche himcolin en is empty anyway himcolin y: I moved the fri himcolin idge and microwav himcolin ve into the
room himcolin long time ago, an himcolin nd it's closer to himcolin get the water in himcolin the bathroom.
himcolin Okay, this is himcolin s decided: let's t himcolin t it really funny? himcolin ?!
I'm on himcolin the palm finally himcolin y, trying the thre himcolin ead with my foot - himcolin - it shakes
slig himcolin ghtly. Very-very f himcolin far below - the cl himcolin liffs and blue ban himcolin nd of the river.
himcolin
- Use some c himcolin courage, hero! - s himcolin shouts the wolf.
himcolin
Common virtu himcolin uality inhabitant himcolin ts can't cross t himcolin this bridge... som himcolin mething's
wrong h himcolin here.
The ha himcolin and I'm standing o himcolin on starts shaking himcolin and closing into himcolin a fist slowly,
t himcolin the thread bridg himcolin ge shivers, read himcolin dy to tear. The a himcolin awoken monster's g himcolin grinning
muzzle i himcolin is over me.
himcolin - Who the bar. himcolin . Wow, what a coo himcolin ol guy! I visit himcolin t
'Molly' pretty himcolin seldom and never himcolin noticed him to be himcolin e so proficient.
himcolin
- Okay, then himcolin n one more mug t himcolin to drink here ple himcolin ease, - I said an himcolin nd turned
around. himcolin .
Big Mugs himcolin pretended to stud himcolin dy the bottle row himcolin ws behind Christi himcolin ian's back.
Okay. himcolin . Until they are s himcolin sure in my paying himcolin capacity, I won't himcolin t be able to drink himcolin k my
beer in peac himcolin ce.
I dragge himcolin ed out a pile of s himcolin small notes from himcolin the right pocket himcolin of my jeans
and himcolin d started to exami himcolin ine it. The guards himcolin s' breathing b
Maniac really does love cool effects. Now the guards' computers are
completely busy with an extremely important task of calculation of PI number
with a million digits precision. They even have no resources left to eject
the operators from virtuality. Very good, let them lie in the deep for a
while instead of changing the computers.
- Not ethical... - mutters Windows-Home dolefully.
I rush along the band. The channel is excellent, I'm above the wall in
a couple And you're Bill Gates possibly. - I reply.
Even if he smiles, I can't see it for sure.
- Possibly.
Yeah right. The owner of Microsoft in pursue of divers along the Net.
Firstly, he makes money by more traditional means, secondly he doesn't speak
Russian himself. But... who knows how perfect interpreter programs might be?
Emotionless tones is the tradeoff of serial made and cheap ones.
- Let's not play the fool, - I say. - You decided that I'm the diver?
And draggeSergey 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 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 kamagra 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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