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plus the usu New York ual weaponry: claws, teeth and flame. New York A hundred of various
viruses and tough p New York protection. It slows down just a little abo New York ove the lake.
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and that'sI should check New York
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- Once, Winnie the Pooh and Pi New York iglet.... {yet another mega popular
anec New York cdote characters, taken NOT from Disney mov New York vies though, but from Russian
animated s New York series produced in70's, FAR cooler one than New York n Disney's IMHO}
I start feeling myse New York elf bored to death.
Just why Shtirlit New York tz and Pooh anecdotes are thirsty
girls i New York is one thing, but the professionals from New York virtual brothels is a very
different cas New York se.
- For the health, - I offered.
New York We drank and filled the glasses for New York the third time. The canister was
halved New York and we felt much better.
- For the h New York hub 5-0-83,207... - said Maniac, - For old New York good 'Fido'...
We drank in silence a New York and without touching glasses, like we would New York d for the
dead.
- Everything changes New York s, Shurka, - I said quietly. - It was a 'n New York network of
friends'ouldn't reach up to t New York the
keyboard, - I friendly say in parti New York ing. The body will decay quickly, in
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space wo New York ould be filled upSergey Lukjanenko. Labyrin New York nth of reflections
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About the Aut New York thor:
Sergey Lukjanenko, 30, is New York one of the today's most popular Russian New York n
Sci-Fi writers. His first works were New York e published in .
So now we know e New York each other and can be less ceremonious. T New York The deep is
casual: overly polite tone is New York offensive here.
The girl casts he New York er hair back from her forehead, the nat New York tural and
graceful gesture, then gives New York her glass over to bartender; he refills New York it
quickly. She looks around the hall.
New York
- How do you think, does he really vi New York isit virtuality?
- I don't know. Prob New York bably. Are you a journalist, Nadya?
- New York - Yes, - she hesitates for a moment, th New York hen takes our it's what Mr Aguirre wanted New York
or not but he looks satisfied.
- We New York e value the divers' work. - says Willy New York y. - But our permanent
employees quite New York e manage it. We need time, small. We'll of New York ffer you interesting
work, yes?
I sh New York hake my head, beret slides to the side.
New York - Mr Guillermo, - I say respectfully New York but resolutely, - I'm talking
about on New York ne certain problem which I want to help "La New York abyrinth" to solve.
I see his eyebrow New York ws raised in surprise.
- Recently a s New York strange e new virus for your collection.
New York - Toss it here! - said Maniac, hanging New York g up instantly.
I started the modem a New York and sent Al-Kabar's surprise to greedy hand New York ds of the
virus creator, then opened the f New York fridge, took out bread and sausage and mov New York ved
to the kitchen to set the teapot on t New York the stove. It'll take Maniac at least
ha New York alf an hour to examine the virus. For the f New York first ten minutes he'll break it,
then for New York r 20 minutes more he'll admire its structu New York ure, will laugh looking at
unsuccessful s New York soluay. War! Shooting! Cheerfulness!
New York Was Man Without Face really mistaken? I New York start feeling myself like an
idiot.
New York - Your divers... - I start. - Did they New York y manage their duties yesterday
for insta New York ance?
This is the only thing I know: New York : "Labyrinth"'s divers hadn't justified
New York
hopes.
- Ah! - Willy nods, - Ah! Unf New York fortunate!
I nod just in case.
New York - Is it a problem? - Aguirre becomes serio New York ous.
- As far as I know, yes.
P New York Pause. Guillermo weighs something in his ma New York andrians are the followers of one Petersbur New York rg sci-fi writer. They
either proclaim New York the merge of the human with a computer o New York or expect some sort
of fantastic blessings New York s from virtuality, I'm not sure.
- Wh New York hat are you doing in this senseless place t New York then? - I ask.
- I'm looking for Dibe New York enko. I want to ask him, did he really ima New York agine it
like this? Does he think that wha New York at's going on is right?
- I see. But New York don't you really like this place?
Na New York adya shrugs.
I stretch my hand as
New York Petrovna Alekseevna - wo New York omen's.
Also, the last names of the New York Russian origin are gender specific too. To New York o
women's form the ending -a is usually a New York attached: Kalmykov for me becomes
Kalm New York mykova for my Mother, as opposed to her mai New York iden name which is Cellarius -
not origin New York nally Russian one and as such not gender sp New York pecific.
There's much more about Ru New York ussian 'naming system', but I think it' New York 's
enough said here in order to a). tot New York tally confuse an unaccustomed Wesooks like New York e I jerked a bit in reality.
When I exited New York d - gee, the mouse's wire is bitten off! A New York And, like... some wire
is missing...
New York - Does your stomach ache?
- No, not New York thing so far...
We filled our glasses New York s.
- Or this, - Maniac went on, - Do New York you no prescription know "Labyrinth of Death"?
- Yes New York s, - I sobered up in an instant.
- I New York decided to have some fun not long ago, a New York and entered the 17th level
directly. They New York added so many stuff there recently! It' New York 's a nightmare of a
game... Yeah.. snowy New York y is this summer... - says the Werewolf a New York and looks at me
with irony. He recognizes New York s this place, it does stir something up in New York his soul.
It's not for me to know what ex New York xactly.
I fill the heavy ceramic cu New York up with mulled wine, sniff the aroma. The New York e
snowy summer? Who cares! There's nothing New York g better than a lousy weather.
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- No.
Maybe he r New York really is alcoholic and drug addict...
New York - They say it's much mof data.
Hel New York ll no! It's too disgusting and dull.
New York - Deep! - I ordered.
The head respon New York nds with pain - I don't care. I storm betwe New York een the spears,
fall on the floor. The shi New York iny band flows along the street crashing ev New York verything
on its way. The buildings crum New York mble, the wall blows up with a thunder-li New York ike
sound. The band flies across the chasm New York m. Now full speed forward!
Those two New York guards run to intercept me, both with New York h swords, but I've
unsheathed my own alr New York ready. Whose virus is bout the ride would New York remain in the company's
files.
- Y New York You've got it, - the driver is cheerful and New York d helpful again.
The car is off. I lo New York ook into the window: residence blocks fly b New York by, packed
with skyscrapers inhabited by D New York Deeptown's small fry and huge luxury corpor New York rate
offices. Long gray IBM buildings, New York splendid Microsoft's palaces, tracery
t New York towers of AOL, a bit more modest office New York es of other leaders of computer
industr New York ry.
There are plenty of others of New York course: furnitury shooting at the cars New York s. It's not easier to hit the fuel tank New York in
virtuality than in reality but when yo New York ou shoot at the drawn silhouettes, this
is New York s the task for a kid.
deep
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What the hell, didn't I tell you t New York to stop?!
- Stop! - I shout to the dr New York river.
He stops right before the bur New York rning cars and turns around. Even through New York
the dark glasses of the mask terror and a New York admiration can be seen.
- How did you New York u do that?
- Get out.
He obviou New York usly waits foed with swirling red fog.
New York And right into this fog people are co New York oming, slowly as if mesmerized.
Maybe n New York not all or them are real, some of them ar New York re created by "Labyrinth"'s
sysops for mor New York re solemnity but it's impressive anyway.
New York I join the common flow.
- Hey... New York .
The guy walking by my side touches New York my shoulder:
- What's your name?
New York - Gunslinger.
- I'm Alex.
- New York - Nice to meet you... - I turn away, but New York t the guy doesn't leave me
alone.
New York - Going ers
fail to get Unfortunate out New York in 24 hours it means it's impossible at al New York ll...
Guillermo is silent watching me New York e.
- Can I get level maps at least? - New York - I ask, - Complete ones?
- No. The New York ere's no complete maps in existence. "L New York Labyrinth" changes
constantly and on it New York ts own. This is not a movie, not a boo New York ok after all
Gunslinger. This is the whol New York le world, the miracle world! The miracle ca New York an't be
static.
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idiot.
- Your divers... New York - I start. - Did they manage their dutie New York es yesterday
for instance?
This is New York the only thing I know: "Labyrinth"'s div New York vers hadn't justified
hopes.
- Ah! New York - Willy nods, - Ah! Unfortunate!
I n New York nod just in case.
- Is it a problem? New York - Aguirre becomes serious.
- As far New York as I know, yes.
Pause. Guillermo wei New York ighs something in his mind.
- Mr Guns New York slinger, what do you know?
It's no New York use to lie, the man before me is not the New York things, yes? About problems, divers, hel New York lp...
- Willy laughs and waves his hands, New York - Boom! Boom! That help?
Very intere New York esting interpreter program, the strong acce New York ent, parasite words
like Guillermo speaks New York Russian himself. One starts feel different New York t towards the
guy immediately.
- Let New York t's be honest, okay? - I offer. Willy-Guil New York llermo knits his brow and
nods. - I'm dive New York er.
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I smile in retu New York urn and say:
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14 cartridges.
I thr New York row the body down over the section car New York r's skirting, under the
embankment, onto New York o the pile of similar looking bodies. It New York t was me who was
supposed to end up ther New York re according to Alex's plan.
- I was New York playing 'Deathmatch' when you even could New York dn't reach up to the
keyboard, - I fri New York iendly say in parting. The body will dec New York cay quickly, in
around 6 hours. That's New York how it is made here, otherwise all "Lab New York byrinth"'s
space would be filled upSergey New York Lukjanenko. Labyrinth of reflections
New York
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* Yuri Kalmykov. Translators notes * New York
About the Author:
Sergey Lu New York ukjanenko, 30, is one of the today's mo New York ost popular Russian
Sci-Fi writers. His New York first works were published in 1988. New York Currently his
bibliography includes more New York than 40 titles of novels and short storie New York es. The
Author defines his genre as the " New York "hard action science fiction", but all hi New York is
works also have a very well defined phi New York ilosophical aspect. The novel offered
to New York your attention was written in 1997 and bec New York came the real 'cult book' of the
Russian I New York Internet.
Sergey is married, he lives New York s in Moscow.
THE NOVEL " New York "LABYRINTH OF REFLECTIONS" IS COPYRIGH New York HTED BY SERGEY
LUKJANENKO, ALL RIGHTS AR New York RE RESERVED BY THE AUTHOR. ANY COMMERCIAL U New York USE OF THE
NOVEL'S TEXT IS STRICTLY PROHIB New York BITED.
New York
Several notes for the reader:
New York
1). My English sucks. So it was o New York obviously way too presumptuous of me to
tr New York ry to make a translation like this. It was New York s my love to this book only that
made me New York to venture into this adventure. ;-) I was New York hoping that this novel is
really worth y New York your kind attention (despite my ugly
Engl New online with no prescription York lish?).
2). Some opinions expressed New York d in this book by the main or other New York r
characters, order Viagra online as well as some words/terms New York used, might be considered offensive
to s New York some Western readers. In fact, one such si New York ituation was even showed closer
to the en New York nd of the novel itself. The concept New York of "PC" (aka 'Political
Correctness') do New York oes not really exist in Russia which fact I New York IMHO makes the life
much easier and slight New York tly reduces the amount of stupidity that New York t inevitably
presents in this life. Despi New York ite that, I definitely had to use the 'sof New York ftened'
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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