| about the guy who was killed by
electric shock being in virtuality? And his consciousness somehow stayed
alive in the Net?
- Yes. The youth with a pale face and burned clothes who asks VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE s everybody
whom he meets to report to the 13th Moscow hub that the point 666 was
lost... And about the Invisible Boss?
- Give me the chair, - I rise VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE from the cold concrete floor.
- Follow me.
We go to the right, behind the shelf with Mac software. Illiquid stuff,
only a fetfully and hurled:
VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE - You pervert...
I followed him to the small neat kitchen and asked cautiously:
- Where's... yours...?
- With her folks.
- Quarreled again? VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE
- Why quarreled? - said Maniac indignantly, - Does the wife's not being
at home immediately mean that we quarreled? She have just... decided to
visit M VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE Mommy... well okay, we have quarreled a little..
- Why so?
- Ah... I've passed the red light...
I nodded: it's very difficult to ly timers exist. VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE . They are plugged into all programs, from
Microsoft's Windows-Home to Russian 'Virt-Navigator' and 'Deep-Commander'.
The longest Acomplia Rimonabant time for being in the deep VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE is 48 hours, the time during which
the human won't die of starvation and water loss. Reasonable users always
set their timers for less though: a couple of ho VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE ours, a day... Maniac who set
his timer for 36 hours was already an exception. The waking of somebody who
have spent two days in the deep is.... a foul schange in VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE nto white
linen shirt and pants, tie a patterned belt around, hang a short sword in a
sheath on it, put several little things in pockets. I made this cache VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE e
several days ago, illegally using one of the computers belonging to the
Transcaucasian Railroad's transportation department. The programmers are
weak t VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE there, they will not notice this little invasion for a long time.
- Where's the stream? - I ask.
- To the right.
I bend over running water and los VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE s go? - Roman takes his glass.
I scoop mine and we exit the restaurant door that is hacked through the
stony wall. In the small lobby I say softly:
- In VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE ndividual space for us both. Grant access to the person who tells
the password 'gray-gray-black'.
The ceiling replies, - Understood.
Now, regardless VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE of how many visitors would like to walk in the virtual
space of 'Three Piglets', we'll never see them, only the buyer whom I told
the code.
There's a for VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE rest behr was killed. Anatol was very angry, he shot dead everybody there, -
Guillermo laughs leniently, - Today divers were supposed to try together.
I'll req VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE quest the report, yes?
- Yes... - I say not turning my eyes from the screen. A young guy is
there, dressed in overalls and holding a gun. What scared Man VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE Without Face?
Why does he think that events don't have analogies? Why does he offer the
Medal of Complete License for a simple task? - Willy, have anything VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE g else
strange off the headphones as I walk.
- Hi Andrei.
Sometimes the owner serves his virtual customers himself, but today
it's obviously not t VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE the case. The bartender smiles but it's just an automatic
courtesy:
- Hi! What would you like to drink?
- Gin-Tonic with ice, as usual.
I watch ba VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE artender mixing the drink. Tonic is the real Shweppes, Gin is
the decent Beefeater. The liquor companies allow to use their trade marks
and products' images i VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE in virtuality for just seful.
One wave of the handkerchief, slow as if underwater, and the shiny
plane of light cuts through the falling asleep pavilion VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE n's little world. Some
people call this program "the sticker", others - "the road". Both
definitions are true. The program searches for someone else's VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE communication
channels and starts using them for its own benefit.
Very-very new, rare and almost faultless program.
A part of the wall ruins, openi VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE ing the exit out to the ste of light cuts through the falling asleep pavilion's little world. Some
people call this program "the sticker", others - "t VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE the road". Both
definitions are true. The program searches for someone else's communication
channels and starts using them for its own benefit.
Very-very VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE y new, rare and almost faultless program.
A part of the wall ruins, opening the exit out to the street.
Obviously, I utilized Urman's personal chan VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE nnel. I grab the comb and the
mirro-Tonic with ice, as usual.
I watch bartender mixing the drink. Tonic is the real Shweppes, Gin is
the decent Beefeate VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE er. The liquor companies allow to use their trade marks
and products' images in virtuality for just a symbolic charge: it's a good
advertisement. Pepsi is fr VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE ree at all: it was their marketing trick. Coke
costs as much as in reality though.
And it has good sales.
I take the glass and sit by the empty tab VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE ble, watching the guests: it's
always interestiria' in cans or
'Guinness' from the
barrel, the cost is the same. Now I managed to stop the car much quicker, or i VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE it was just
the time running faster? I jumped into the rattling 'Volga' and shouted
cheerfully:
- Whip it up to Maniac!
A pair of very big and rou VIAGRA. Better SEX Better big penis tabs LOVE und eyes gazed at me.
- Get out, - said the driver in the same brief manner.
When stopping the next volunteer to earn easy money I kept reminding
mys VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE self that I'm not in virtuality Buy Cialis online where patient Vika wior?
- Three grands each, - I inform him.
The wolf nods, satisfied, rubs his muzzle with a pa VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE aw and asks, -
Al-Kabar?
- Good guess.
- Mission?
- Theft.
- Who's the customer?
I just shrug. The answer is as rhetoric as the que VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE estion. The customers
don't like to disclose themselves.
- Let's give it a try, - decides the wolf, - Are you ready?
- Quite.
- Let's go.
I VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE scramble onto the wolf's back and he runs through the for have quarreled a little..
- Why so?
- Ah... I've passed the red light...
I nodded: VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE : it's very difficult to live in the deep and be married. What
the hell betrayal is in visiting the virtual brothel? It's all unreal there!
But Maniac's spou VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE use got hurt anyway...
We sat by the table, Maniac searched the fridge, got the pack of
franks, a piece of cheese, then brought two huge clay glasses f VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE from his room.
I filled them with beer solemnly.
- Gee, it's real- Data is never senseless.
- Yes, maybe, - Nadya glances at me quickly, - Let's better VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE call it not
topical one. And what, is this really a new era of the world's technology?
- But what did you expect? The file exchange and discussions o VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE of
processors' quality? We're humans after all.
Nadya frowns:
- We're people of the new era. Virtuality can change the world, but we
prefer to mask it VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE t to fit the old dogmas. Nanotechnology used to imitate a
drink is worse thau successfully exited virtuality! - cheerfully informs
Windows-Home. The VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE voice from the headphones is sharp and too loud. The deep
blue color with a small figure of flying or better to say, falling man is on
the helmet's screens, the VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE e well known emblem of the Deep, the Abyss, the
virtual world.
After taking off the helmet I looked at the monitor, blinked several
times. The same pi VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE icture there.
- Vika, thanks.
- No problems, Lenia, - answered Windows-Homself, but its false 'reflections'
created by it especially for distrac VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE ction. Commonly used programs don't
detect the postcard yet, it's still too rare.
- What should I do?
- Treat me with beer, - smirked Maniac, - Now VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE you'll receive a special
'cure' from me, the special antivirus. There's no hints in it, you just
start the .BAT file and it checks your machine. Note that VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE t it'll work for
long, this is not a commercial product, just ... my personal insurance fromt.
About anything at all.
I see long rows of buildings VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE s, small squares and parks between them,
either crowded or empty. I study intricate plates. Some of them are obvious,
others are deliberately vague.
'Anecdo VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE otes'
'Talks about nothing'
'Sexual adventures'
'Strange place'
'Oats growing!'
'Books'
'Martial arts'
People come here to VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE discuss the certain topics, this is the echo of
pre-virtual age. More serious clubs are located fd one can see the city from the big height, lighted
by red s VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE sunset light. Not Deeptown but Twilight City most likely. The table
of "Labyrinth"'s security manager, Mr Guillermo is horseshoe-shaped, three
monitors are in VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE nstalled on it, a keyboard and nothing else. Mr Guillermo
himself already rises to meet me, he's aged, lean, very suntanned, dressed
in blinders and T-shirt. VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE .
- Hello, - he says stretching his hand to me first. - So you are the
Gunslinger, yes? Call me just Wputer...
- You've killed not the virus itsel VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE lf, but its false 'reflections'
created by it especially for distraction. Commonly used programs don't
detect the postcard yet, it's still too rare.
VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE - What should I do?
- Treat me with beer, - smirked Maniac, - Now you'll receive a special
'cure' from me, the special antivirus. There's no hints in i VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE it, you just
start the .BAT file and it checks your machine. Note that it'll work for
long, this is not a commer and aim my rifle at him. The guy stops, he VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE wasn't ready for a
trap now, at the very end of the level...
- Get in! - I motion at the Ford with my rifle's barrel. Looks like the
player doesn't underst VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE tand me. I can't see the face from behind his mask but
even if I could, the drawn face will say nothing about his nationality but
he doesn't look like Russian.
VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE
- Get into the car and drive!
He understands, the interpreter program have kicked in. He approaches
slowly, opensSergey Lukjanenko. Labyrinth of refle VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE ections
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* Yuri Kalmykov. Translators notes *
About the Author:
Sergey Lukjanenko, 30, is one of VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE f 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 nove VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE els 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. VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE . 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.
VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE
THE NOVEL "LABYRINTH OF REFLECTIONS" IS COPYRIGHTED BY SERGEY
LUKJANENKO, ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED BY THE AUTHOR. ANY COMMERCIAL USE OF THE VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE
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 m VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE 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 you VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE ur kind attention (despite my ugly
English?).
2). Some opinions expressed in this book by the main or other
characters, as well as some words/term VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE ms 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 con VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE ncept 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 stupi VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE idity 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 (n VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE not too much at
least). But of course, something might have still leaked out. Please
consider yourselves warned.
3). FIDO
Some more confusion c VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE 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 onc VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE ce 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 VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE 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 Buy Levitra online - "pet-name"/unceremonious address.
Len'ka ( here ' VIAGRA. Better SEX Better LOVE 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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