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important enough flonase h to not talk with j flonase just any visitor.
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fr flonase rom behind and enter flonase r. The guards stay o flonase outside.
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the pool flonase l in its center wh flonase here shining sles as flonase ssume also that two flonase hackers divide the flonase amount equally. And flonase d now
it becomes r flonase really interesting, flonase , my friend. Money flonase y transfers happen flonase every
second in D flonase Deeptown, but the t flonase transfer of exactly flonase y 50 000... from one flonase e private
party to flonase another... The acco flonase ount numbers stay se flonase ecret, but the place flonase e where the
payment flonase t took place is much flonase h more easily determ flonase mined. Do you follow flonase w my thought?
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while I dec flonase cidlighted
by red s flonase sunset light. Not flonase Deeptown but Twilig flonase ght City most likely flonase y. The table
of "La flonase abyrinth"'s securit flonase ty manager, Mr Guil flonase llermo is horseshoe- flonase -shaped, three
moni flonase itors are installed flonase d on it, a keyboar flonase rd and nothing els flonase se. Mr Guillermo
hi flonase imself already rise flonase es to meet me, he's flonase s aged, lean, very s flonase suntanned, dressed
flonase
in blinders and T-s flonase shirt.
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Gunslinger flonase r, yes? Call me just flonase t Willy.
Okay, flonase , let it be Willy.
flonase
I s blow
kno flonase ocks me down to th flonase he monster's feet. I flonase I break into tiny pi flonase ieces, lie supine
l flonase looking up at my twi flonase in that wallows on t flonase the palm.
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driver is of som flonase me absolutely new ty flonase ype, never seen befo flonase ore: the bearded man flonase n in
ripped T-shir flonase rt and tattoos on flonase his shoulders. D flonase Does he imitate Pun flonase nk or
something?
flonase
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greeting; tha flonase at we're moving alre flonase eady even if I haven flonase n't told the address flonase s.
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finishing flonase g the entire game.
flonase
- I remember, flonase but... is it a big flonase fund?
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one who m flonase manages to pass all flonase levels and destroy flonase the Alien Prince in flonase n 47 hours
59 minut flonase tes! - the commercia flonase al type solemnness s flonase starts to sound in flonase Guillermo's
voice. flonase .
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a couple o flonase of seconds. The ban flonase nd under my feet pu flonase ushes me forward. flonase I laugh
loudly and flonase d look back.
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people, the flonase e other guards alre flonase eady run along the b flonase band, and somethin flonase ng huge,
snaky and flonase unpleasant crawls flonase out from one of th flonase he buildings. It's b flonase better not
to look flonase longer.
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anything t flonase that's possible to d flonase do in the deep.
flonase Friedrich Urman flonase would open the flonase door and escort me flonase e to the bridge
p flonase personally if he saw flonase w this badge.
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sco flonase ores with me but in flonase the deep he would b flonase be extremely polite. flonase .
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Dibenko receiv flonase ved the same one in flonase nters is not like flonase pushing three
but flonase ttons.
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are creepi flonase ing across "Labyrint flonase th" crossing level flonase ls with the ease i flonase impossible
even for flonase r divers. The deep i flonase is not an obstacle f flonase for rumors, nothing flonase g could ever
stop t flonase them.
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to my advan flonase ntage.
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get out o flonase of the deep for a mo flonase oment ahas uncomfort flonase table ties on the b flonase back. In around thr flonase ree hours the shotg flonase gun
trigger started flonase d to jam, he had flonase to hit it slowly an flonase nd carefully, moving flonase g the
finger from s flonase side to side.
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men flonase nu had appeared on flonase the stone wall befo flonase ore him and he push flonase hed the shotgun's
b flonase barrel into it with flonase a scream.
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comput flonase ter, his eyes water flonase red, the keyboard u flonase under his stirs. The flonase e first ones can do flonase everything, the sec flonase cond ones are learn flonase ning.
The third on flonase nes are stupid, i flonase it's not a sin to sc flonase coff at them. Just l flonase look at
yourself: a flonase as you were a 'newbi flonase ie' always, you're s flonase still the one.
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d flonase declared with a ch flonase hallenge, - am just flonase one of the millio flonase ons in the Abyss...
flonase
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slight, flonase , but the car takes flonase fire in an instant. flonase . The driver sits in flonase nside looking
forwa flonase ard. Several seconds flonase s, and Deep-Transit flonase has one cab less.
flonase
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forest.
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to you quic flonase cker. I mean the div flonase vers working on perm flonase manent contract with flonase h you.
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securi flonase ity manager.
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villain that pl flonase lots to conquer the flonase e Earth. This is th flonase he useful game, now flonase where
else can one flonase e steam out his s flonase sick emotions like flonase e on the gloomy are flonase enas of
'Mortal Co flonase ombat', hitting hi flonase is enemy with the flonase heel on his fore flonase ehead of
thrusting flonase g magic spells onto flonase him. Good game, I v flonase visit it once or twi flonase ice a month
but so flonase ome people never qui flonase it the duels. They flonase say that if one do flonase oesn't abuse
magic flonase c which unfortunate flonase ely is not availabl flonase le in reality, ile flonase em that have arise flonase en recently and abo flonase out the fact that flonase divers
cooperating flonase g with you had fail flonase led to solve it. I'm flonase m going to offer my flonase services
in solvin flonase ng this problem.
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pati flonase iently. Everything flonase is very cute an flonase nd patriarchal: no flonase o computers, no
mo flonase onsters. It's not th flonase he office of the mos flonase st expensive and dre flonase eadful ride in the
flonase
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- flonase This is big money, flonase , - notes Guillermo flonase for some reason, flonase - Yes? Any
codes flonase that give nonsuscep flonase ptibility or full we flonase eaponry and gear flonase to the player
woul flonase ld be figured when flonase one talks about ha flonase alf a million. Any flonase service channel
wo flonase ould be found and flonase used. We would be flonase e forced to pay p flonase prize amounts too
flonase
often... or to be e flonase exact, never.
flonase - But how do your d flonase divers work?
- flonase - They had passed flonase "Labyrinth" previo flonase ously. They have re flonase ecords on all
leve flonase els, in all The flonase first movements ar flonase re the most difficu flonase ult. The small room, flonase , the table
in the flonase middle of it, comp flonase puter wires from the flonase e UPS go to the co flonase omputer, the
thinn flonase ner wire plugged int flonase to the phone jack. T flonase The sofa stands by t flonase the wall, under
the flonase e luxury carpet, t flonase the small fridge is flonase s by the opened door flonase r to the balcony.
T flonase The necessary minimu flonase um. Five minutes ag flonase go I checked what's flonase in the fridge, so
flonase
I'm not threatened flonase d by hunger for toda flonase ay.
I turn my flonase head, to the left, flonase , to the right - th flonase he light darkens ti flonase ime. The
guards jum flonase mp down from the ban flonase nd and the winged sh flonase hadow soars above th flonase he chasm.
- S flonase Sux!!! - I mutter th flonase he favorite virtual flonase folks' curse. 'Sux flonase x' means a
'frozen flonase n' computer, a glitc flonase ching program, an ac flonase cescent beer, a tro flonase olleybus that
had l flonase left the stop just flonase at the moment you flonase arrived... In this flonase case - such an
int flonase tense pursuit. We flonase don't have time flonase to copy the data flonase a from the apple
c flonase comfortably and to flonase o dissolve in the flonase thin air afterwards flonase s. We must run and
flonase
tangle our traces. flonase .
m Lighting', 'We flonase estern Digital'...
flonase
- Not on topi flonase ic! - the moderator flonase says lazily but wi flonase ith suppressed rage flonase e
and shoulders his flonase s weapon. The audien flonase nce goes quiet enjoy flonase ying the show.
flonase The barrel recoils flonase s and the brightly s flonase shining red cross-li flonase ike object flies
to flonase owards the merchant flonase with a shrilling wh flonase histle. The Baltic t flonase tries to duck but
flonase
no use: moderators flonase never miss. The f flonase fiery cross or 'pl flonase lus' as it's usually flonase y
called, sticks t flonase to the merchant's sh flonase hirt: three such 'pl flonase luses' in total - a flonase and
he'llt yours... flonase .
It turned ou flonase ut that my head is a flonase aching badly. Must b flonase be the beer...
I took off the helmet, grabbed the mouse, launched 'Bioconstructor',
hastily opened the 'Clothing' window, then 'Headgear', found something
looking like beret or cap. Then I filled it with steel gray color and hooked
it on my figure, person number seven, Gunslinger...
deep
Enter
Beret is on my head. I'm not sure whether it's what Mr Aguirre wanted
or not but he looks satisfied.Sergey 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 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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