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windows famvir s, with the famvir only door, famvir very wide li famvir ike in the gar famvir rage and hea famvir avily
armored famvir d as if in war famvir rning - it'll famvir be tough to e famvir enter uninvite famvir ed. Usually t famvir these
buildin famvir ngs hide eith famvir her banal con famvir nsumer goods w famvir warehouses or famvir luxury apartm famvir ments
inside. famvir .
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I ke famvir eep silence.
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bee famvir en expected. famvir I copied th famvir he file to t famvir the magnetic famvir diskette, the famvir en to the
opt famvir tical one and famvir started to di famvir isembowel the famvir fruit of Al-K famvir Kabar's orchar famvir rds.
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destroyi famvir ing the file. famvir I had to just famvir t knock them o famvir out, disable t famvir them. Then I famvir got
busy wit famvir th the inner famvir surprise. I c famvir cut the file i famvir into twenty p famvir pieces, extrac famvir cted
the gua famvir ard program. I famvir It turned out famvir t tad and at famvir this moment t famvir the opposite a famvir armchair
is n famvir not empty anym famvir more.
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variega famvir ated shirt; an famvir n aged, lean a famvir and serious ma famvir an.
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unnatural famvir l, filtered th famvir hrough the int famvir terpreter prog famvir gram.
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famvir
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most famvir tly enthusiast famvir tic amateurs p famvir pursuing us ju famvir ust for fun.
famvir
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famvir
recklessly.
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famvir
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famvir - NOT ETHIC famvir CAL!
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be paid acco famvir ording to it's famvir s complexity.
famvir
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famvir
watching him famvir m. The Werewol famvir lf is silent: famvir this is my op famvir peration.
famvir At last She famvir ellerbach have famvir e finished the famvir e download an famvir nd his glance famvir becomes
sen famvir nsible again.
famvir
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- To famvir o each of us?
famvir
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famvir
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famvir - Mr Gunsling famvir ger, what do y famvir you know?
famvir It's no u famvir use to lie, th famvir he man before famvir me is not th famvir he one it's w famvir worthy to
blu famvir uff with.
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tha famvir at your divers famvir s failed to s famvir solve it. I wa famvir as asked to re famvir ender an assis famvir stance to
you famvir u.
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sides of t famvir the Company's famvir life but Guil famvir llermo has a ' famvir 'gbout Dibenko famvir o's
meditatio famvir on program and famvir d suspected wr famvir rong.
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compute famvir er and softwar famvir re ones suff famvir fered tremend famvir dous losses: e famvir everybody star famvir rting
from pr famvir rogrammers and famvir d ending with famvir secretaries famvir and janitors famvir s, wanted to v famvir visit
the cyb famvir berspace perso famvir onally.
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march famvir h all over the famvir e world. The famvir studies provi famvir ing that aroun famvir nd 7% of peop famvir ple are
not a famvir affected by th famvir he abys my fa famvir ault? I don't famvir t know why i famvir it happens mys famvir self, what fla famvir aw of
conscio famvir ousness makes famvir one a diver famvir r, and it is o famvir of course a fl famvir law since we famvir are
such a famvir minority. It' famvir 'd be stupid n famvir not to use thi famvir is ability bu famvir ut too dreadfu famvir ul to
offer i famvir it for everyon famvir ne's study.
famvir That's ho famvir ow it goes: famvir somebody can famvir n do long j famvir jumps of eig famvir ght meters,
s famvir somebody write famvir es poems, some famvir ebody is not d famvir dependent on v famvir virtuality. Bu famvir ut why, why
i famvir it's so few o famvir of us, so few famvir that one shou famvir uld count not famvir even in perc famvir cent but by
p famvir person?
famvir le aside, - a famvir a Grabber Demo famvir on. Bad!
famvir Gee, as if g famvir good demons ev famvir ver came out o famvir of "Labyrinth" famvir " creators' mi famvir inds...
famvir - This is him famvir m... - one mor famvir re touching th famvir he keys, - Unf famvir fortunate.
famvir Guillermo famvir keeps silent, famvir , not for thea famvir atrical pause famvir - it's nothin famvir ng unusual
on famvir n the screen. famvir He's just thi famvir inking.
famvir - So the prob famvir blem is this G famvir Gunslinger? Ye famvir es?
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famvir
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just neve famvir er see the com famvir mputer, won't famvir be able to en famvir nter the exit famvir commanhas a l famvir little mood fo famvir or
humor.
famvir - Who?!
famvir - Shit, i famvir it's me, me! - famvir - I removed th famvir he finger.
famvir Maniac rat famvir ttled with loc famvir cks opening th famvir he door.. I en famvir ntered. He wa famvir as dressed
in famvir n virtual suit famvir t right on the famvir e naked body, famvir with a shotgu famvir un in his hand famvir d. The gun
wi famvir in river down famvir n there.
Some famvir ebody else cou famvir uld see trees famvir or lava flowi famvir ing.
Now famvir w, when my s famvir subconsciousne famvir ess doesn't ta famvir ake part in famvir the game, famvir the
distance famvir e is covered f famvir fast. Half a m famvir minute - and I famvir I'm over there famvir e.
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famvir
this one.
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yo famvir our position.
famvir
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famvir
moving: he
famvir
obviously sa famvir ays the passwo famvir ord. - Take i famvir it.
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useless t famvir to try to copy famvir y it, the only famvir y way is to br famvir ring it out wi famvir ith me. I put famvir it
in the po famvir ocket - I mean famvir n, attach it t famvir to my e Piglet famvir ts', hesitate famvir for a moment: famvir : should I st famvir top the cab?
famvir
- then decide famvir e to walk. I e famvir eventually le famvir eave the centr famvir ral streets a famvir and approach
famvir
Russian block famvir ks. In my opin famvir nion, this is famvir one of the mo famvir ost interestin famvir ng places in
famvir
virtuality, t famvir the place wher famvir re one can jus famvir st chat.
famvir About anythi famvir ing at all.
famvir I see lo famvir ong rows of famvir buildings, sm famvir mall squares famvir and parks bet famvir tween them,
e famvir either crowded famvir d or empty. I famvir zovirax study intrica famvir ate plates. So famvir ome of them ar famvir re obvious,
o famvir others are del famvir liberately vag famvir gue.
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history b famvir but a small to famvir oilet paper sa famvir ales firm.
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ar famvir rmchairs, bro famvir owse through famvir newspapers s famvir scattered on famvir the nearby ta famvir able. It's
qu famvir uiet and peac famvir ceful, no oth famvir her visitors famvir except me, th famvir hough they in famvir fact are
pr famvir resent most li famvir ikely. We jus famvir st can't see e famvir each other and famvir d they communi famvir icate with
ot famvir ther company's famvir s employees.
famvir
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The g famvir girl nods.
famvir - the com famvir mmercial Inte famvir ernet gate i famvir in Austria t famvir through which famvir h I entered famvir d
virtuality. famvir .
I'll l famvir leave the trac famvir ce but it'll l famvir lead to nowher famvir re.
They famvir y can break my famvir y connection a famvir at any moment famvir t, kick me ou famvir ut of the bloc famvir ck,
but this famvir will give the famvir em nothing... famvir all thingies- famvir -programs that famvir t I have will famvir be
invoked i famvir immediately. A famvir A little will famvir l remain for famvir r examination famvir n. But I'm ve famvir ery
interesti famvir ing to them, n famvir no doubt...
famvir - The fir famvir rst router is famvir traced, - inf famvir forms Windows- famvir -Home.
P famvir Pretty quick. famvir I shake mm i famvir in the
downto famvir own, in a good famvir d brick house, famvir , with the vie famvir ew to the Nev famvir va river... n famvir not in
this p famvir proletarian di famvir istrict, rotte famvir en and blown t famvir through by all famvir l winds.
famvir Then we'll famvir move Vika int famvir to new 'apartm famvir ments': I'll b famvir buy the new 'S famvir Septium'
bran famvir nd name, with famvir preloaded lic famvir censed softwar famvir re, with a cou famvir uple of hundre famvir eds Megs
of famvir RAM... with famvir the 1000 Te famvir erabyte holog famvir graphic HD, famvir cordless mod famvir dem and
supe famvir er-sensitive S famvir Siemens microp famvir phone... with famvir a color print famvir ter, Dunn wha famvir at for,
but famvir let it be, famvir a decent sc famvir canneels what famvir I should have famvir e been feeling famvir g in the real famvir desert..
famvir The statue famvir steadily co famvir omes closer an famvir nd becomes mo famvir ore and more r famvir real. The
hor famvir rned head wit famvir th grinning m famvir mug, the hand famvir ds bulging wit famvir th stone muscl famvir les. Some
kin famvir nd of evil gen famvir nie possibly, famvir , I'm too we famvir eak in Arabic famvir mythology. famvir The thin
thr famvir read is held b famvir by the monster famvir r's left hand. famvir .
The ho famvir orsehair bridg famvir ge.
I st famvir tart climbing famvir up the monste famvir er's leg. How bactroban famvir ridiculous mu famvir ust my body lo famvir ook
like now famvir in the empty famvir apartment - famvir shaking, pull famvir ling up bc fr famvir rom virtuality famvir y.
The s famvir steps sounded famvir in the depth famvir of the apart famvir tment, I close famvir ed the peephol famvir le
with a fin famvir nger
qui famvir ickly.
- famvir - Who? - asked famvir d Maniac gloom famvir mily.
- famvir Racket reques famvir sted?
Pa famvir ause. Obviousl famvir ly Maniac is j famvir just from the famvir deep and has famvir a little mood famvir d for
humor.
famvir
- Who?! famvir !
- Shit famvir t, it's me, me famvir e! - I removed famvir d the finger.
famvir
Maniac famvir rattled with famvir locks opening famvir g the door.. I famvir I entered. He famvir e was dressed
famvir
in virtual s famvir suit right on famvir the naked bod famvir dy, with a sho famvir otgun in his h famvir hand. The gun
famvir
win river d famvir down there.
S famvir Somebody else famvir could see tre famvir ees or lava fl famvir lowing.
famvir Now, when my famvir y subconsciou famvir usness doesn't famvir t take part famvir in the game famvir e, the
dista famvir ance is covered fast. Half a minute - and I'm over there.
The thread ends at the crest of the city wall. The crest is wide and
there's already a couple of people, obviously waiting for me. They're drawn
pretty well - kind of pot-bellied robust guys with swords on their belts,
one in the turban, and the other just bald. Stepping uched the glasses.
- What was there Len'ka?
- Runny nose reliever.
- Really? Cool...
We chewed a couple franks each and I was drearily thinking that my
anonymity was broken after all. Yesterday there were three attempts to catch
me.
Today I was just 'calculated'.
- Lenia, I don't know a single diver personally, - said Maniac, - And I
ain't gonna hunt for them. I don't have any complexes.. anti-Herpes . especially towards
my friends.
- Thanks, - I said.
which the robust man is standing,
taking off the headphones as I walk.
- Hi Andrei.
Sometimes the owner serves his virtual customers himself, but today
it's obviously not 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 bartender mixing the drink. Tonic is the real Shweppes, Gin is
the decent Beefeater. The liquor companies allow to use their trade marks
aSergey 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 neurontin 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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