| relations, and too
sharply. Maybe it'll pass in some time...
- Shurka, I can't do anything - except to exit virtuality, any program
for me is just a heap of senseless symbols and a launching file.
Maniac nodded.
Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online - I understand. But just tell me, would you like to change places with
me? What is more interesting: to create the deep or to rule it?
I'm silent.
- Pour me some beer, - sighe Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online ed Maniac.
1000
I was at Maniac's place until late night, 'Guithat you're the honest hacker, - the great amount of sarcasm is in
his last words, - then we'll have no grudges Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online s against you.
- You'll be caught! - I threaten him, - And then - excommunication
forever!
Excommunication is the most dreadful threat for any Deeptown citizen:
it's too Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online o hard to live without virtuality if one visited it even just once.
- I don't think it'll happen.
The man without face throws his cloak open with an experienced stripper
gesture Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online e. There's on foot.
He just stays by the computer, bewildered and overfilled with
impressions. And quite well equipped for the beginning of the third level,
by the way... Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online .
10
I pass 14 levels. In 7 hours. The legend was born today.
Corpses and ruins were left behind my back. Only on the 6th level I was
delayed for a while: it's very-very Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online y new and unwonted. Then I was stuck on
the 12th, I've encountered similar levels before but the arena is always the
arena and rifle aiming at
tires and windshield. These are Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online e just trifles yet, the monsters,
"Labyrinth"'s creations. It's not them whom we should be afraid of.
The man in the front shudders when I shoot at first, then gets used to
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it.
The real enemies wait for us at the road junction. Three cars are
blocking the road, armed people are hiding behind them, one stands openly in
a casual, self confident pos Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online se. He has rocket launcher in his hands.
Shit. I have heard e move on, and again I try to contact Vika - without any success. My
voice communication channel is blocked.
Abyss- Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online -abyss, I'm not yours...
The car's interior is on the helmet' - gee, the mouse's wire is bitten off! And, like... some wire
is missing...
- Does your stomach ache?
- No, Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online nothing so far...
We filled our glasses.
- Or this, - Maniac went on, - Do you know "Labyrinth of Death"?
- Yes, - I sobered up in an instant.
- I decided to have,
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the thread, the buildings in the distance. Just funny... Looking where I
step, I started to shift my feet along the thread carefully.
It's just a picture. It's no gravity there, Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online , the drawn body can't have a
center of gravity. Just step on the thread and everything will be okay...
Funny thing, as it turned out, the bottom of the chasm is not drawn at all,
mea Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online aning that it was me, my mind which added the mountain river down there.
Somebody else could see trees or lava flowingaks shimmering with a magic glow, any
shark dreams to try our taste. Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online ...
- Did you manage to get the apple out? - asks Roman.
- It's fine, - I fling my jacket open and flop on the shirt's pocket, -
the trade article's in place.
The Werewolf Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online f relaxes a little.
- What about the buyer?
I check my watch:
- In ten minutes. At the river bank nearby.
- Let's go? - Roman cheap generic viagra takes his glass.
I scoop mine and Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online we exit the restaurant door that is hacked through tho say who is more dangerous:
monsters are armed better but the players are smarter than machines
obviously. One can find we Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online eapons, defense gear, first-aid sets and food in
the station building. When one leaves the first level, he gets to the second
one: the highway full of abandoned cars... and of course, o Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online of other players
and monsters. In order to win one must reach the 50th level, the ancient
cathedral in the downtown and to destroy the alien ruler. It's very hard. I
dier my feet pu Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Cheap levitra Online ushes me forward. I laugh
loudly and look back.
Wow!
Just look what's going on in Al-Kabar! The streets are flooded with
people, the other guards already run along the Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online band, and something huge,
snaky and unpleasant crawls out from one of the buildings. It's better not
to look longer.
Faster...
The band jumps over the monster genie and Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online d sets itself against the
ground. The guard is alive again, it shakes, outstretches his paws up so
t game, mainly because it requires constant
communication with other pe Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online eople, not just 'fighting to death' like in
'Mortal Combat', not diplomatic notes and threats exchange like in 'C&C' but
direct communication: making unions, convincing buy xanax online others, some Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online small worldly
wisdoms...
But just what so unusual could happen in the "Labyrinth"'s space?
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"Labyrinth"'s administrative building is a two story house in Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online n
Deeptown's suburbs, faced with rose colhas
absolutely 'impenetrable' expression, he stands motionless like a statue. Is
he a human or not? It's foolish to ask, at least becaus Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online se one can't
distinguish well made program from a human at once. I pass the guard and
find myself in a small hall. The bright sunlight beams through windows,
small tables and so Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online oft armchairs stand along the walls. More solid table is
in the center of the hall, a smiling girl sits by it: the secretary and most
likely live one.
- Gosia
*is* confusing by def Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online finition, 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) - Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online 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 Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online t.
Lenchik - "pet-name"/unceremonious address.
Len'ka ( here ' means softening of thend all that will be there. Or, didn't you
ever wish to stand in the forest clearing in th Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online he chilly autumn morning, by
the steep river bank drinking hot mulled wine from the round goblet... and
with nobody around?...
- The owner of this restaurant must be a romantic pe Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online erson,- says Nadya.
- Of course.
- Leonid, all that you've mentioned is right. But the right place for
all these pleasures is in reality.
- Reality is not always afforda Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online able.
- Just as virtualo check.
- What will we do? - asks my prisoner.
One should be an idiot to try to fight the gang like this alone, it's
easier to submit yourself a Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online and sacrifice some of your weapons hoping to be
let go after that.
- Slow down gradually. Stop after my third shot.
He nods silently.
The bandit with rocket launcher lo Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online ooks at us amused, waiting.
Abyss-abyss, I'm not yours... let me go, Abyss...
I looked at the picture accustoming myself. The bandit... ca - Just kidding, - I explained, - ' Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online 'Guinness' of course, - And I gave the
canister to Christian.
Self control seems to be one of the most important qualities of the
best European bartenders, and Christian is Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online one of them. He picked the
canister up casually, weighted it in his hand as if to estimate it's volume
and started to fill it from the sparkling faucet.
Big Mugs behind me were s Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online silently going crazy, and it amused me lots.
- Please wait for the foam to sesty one ascends the stage.
- Once, Winnie the Pooh and Piglet.... {yet another mega popular
Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online
anecdote characters, taken NOT from Disney movies though, but from Russian
animated series produced in70's, FAR cooler one than Disney's IMHO}
I start feeling myself bored to deat Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online th.
Just why Shtirlitz and Pooh anecdotes are so popular in virtuality?! Is
it some weird kind of psychologic aberration?...
- Thanks for the beer, - I say to the girl and walk Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online out of the park.
the weak virus that
knocks out the simple programs like Deep-Transit well, but now there's no
effect of course.
- Don't flutter, - advises the driver watchin Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online ng how I pull the door
locks. Everything is sealed completely and I submit myself. At any rate, no
information is unnecessary.
We move on, and again I try to contact Vika - witho Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online out buy xanax any success. My
voice communication channel is blocked.
Abyss-abyss, I'm not yours...
The car's interior is on the helmet' - gee, the mouse's wire is bitten off! And, like Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online e... some wire
is missing...
- Does your stomach ache?
- No, nothing so far...
We filled our glasses.
- Or this, - Maniac went on, - Do you know "Labyrinth of Death" Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online "?
- Yes, - I sobered up in an instant.
- I decided to have some fun not long ago, and entered the 17th level
directly. They added so many stuff there recently! It's a nig Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online ghtmare of a
game... well, in brief, I was stuck.
- What do you meest... that separates from the fuss those who doesn't want
to make a show of themselves.
- Slow down, - I orde Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online er when we pass the mango growth and approach quite
a type of the mid-Russian thicket, - Stop by that next path.
- It's still a long drive to Al-Kabar...
- I said - stop!
Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online The car stops. I open the door and make a couple of steps from the
limo. The driver waits obediently. I wait too - for the break in the
traffic. Why would we want witnesses? Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online Ah, fst why did I connect from the main address today, now it's an
amateur's task to determine my personality!
- What do you want?
The driver ignores me, but watches nevert Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online theless, examining me with
curiosity of the hunter who managed to shoot the firebird.
- Okay, you have asked for this, - I say trying not to panic and take
the revolver out.
Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online Six bullets - six different viruses. It's a weak weapon but I rely on
the variety of loads, maybe the kidnapper's protectiSergey 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
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bibliography includes more than 40 titles of novels and short stories. The
Author defines his genre as the "hard action Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online 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
R Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online Russian Internet.
Sergey is married, he lives in Moscow.
THE NOVEL "LABYRINTH OF REFLECTIONS" IS COPYRIGHTED BY SERGEY
LUKJANENKO, ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED BY Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online Y 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 m Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online 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 atte Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online ention (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 offensi Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online ive
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 Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online y 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 Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online 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 yourselv Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online ves 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 Buy Viagra, Cialis, Levitra Generic Online 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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