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he fiery wave, the deep. crestor I'm sitting in t crestor the tiny room: the b crestor bed, the table with crestor the computer on i crestor it, not mine but ab crestor bsolutely abstract o crestor one, the door. "Jou crestor urney Start" Hotel. crestor Those Deeptown in crestor nhabitants who just crestor occasionally visit crestor the Deep rent room crestor ms here for cheap. crestor - Is everythi crestor ing okay, Lenia? crestor - Yes. I crestor open the door and crestor d leave. There's th crestor he long corridor crestor with doors outsid crestor de, by one of those crestor stands Sylvester St crestor tallone looking at h crestor his hands with admi crestor iration. -caus crestor se Guillermo hides crestor s something from me, crestor , he just can't un crestor nderstand what exac crestor ctly interests me, crestor , he got used to crestor communicate with w crestor well prepared divers crestor s that understand e crestor everything on the fl crestor ly. - Please e crestor explain the situatio crestor on in an orderly fas crestor shion, Willy. crestor Guillermo nods. crestor - The player en crestor ntered the level 3 crestor 39 hours ago. He was crestor s killed 5 times, crestor very quickly. crestor - By the Demon? crestor - Oh no... he p crestor poof-poofed the Demo crestor on! By other players crestor s. Then he sat down crestor and is still sitti crestor inguse an unaccustom crestor med Western reader, crestor , and b). to explain crestor n the names in the crestor e novel for those wh crestor ho managed to overc crestor come the confusion. crestor {G} And the l crestor last thing: 5) crestor ). Any feedback wi crestor ill be greatly appr crestor reciated! Any questi crestor ions/opinions are w crestor welcome to mohatu@am crestor meritech.net. Hate m crestor mail/flames will be crestor ignored. Thank you crestor u! crestor ______________ crestor ____________________ crestor ________ crestor "Labyrinth of R crestor Reflections" by Serg crestor gey Lukjanenko crestor * PART 1. The crestor Diver * 0 crestor I want to crestor close myitry Diben crestor nko, the former ha crestor acker from Moscow (n crestor now the wealthy US crestor citizen) invented crestor The Deep: a tiny crestor program influencin crestor ng human subconsci crestor iousness. They say crestor he was crazy about crestor t Castaneda's books crestor s, liked to meditat crestor te and smoked grass crestor s. I surely believe crestor in it. His former crestor friends confess th crestor hat he was cynical crestor and lazy, a sloven crestor n and very so-so pr crestor rofessional. In this crestor s I do believe too. crestor But it was hi crestor im who gave rise to crestor the deep. Ten seco crestor ond clip displayed o crestor on the screen is ha crestor armless by itse loo crestor oked aside, - Mutt crestor ters the stupid rhy crestor yme. - Which o crestor one? - Abyss-a crestor abyss, I'm not yours crestor s. - And that' crestor 's it? - Somet crestor times he adds: "Abys crestor ss, let me go." crestor - And that's it? crestor - asked Maniac dole crestor efully. - Yes. crestor . - My, how si crestor imple... Mania crestor ac searched in his p crestor pockets, took out t crestor the pack of 'Lucky crestor y Strike', lit the crestor cigarette, then sai crestor id with a slight res crestor sentment: - It crestor t was so much simpl crestor ler before. There crestor are hackers, honest crestor t 'newbies' and lam crestor mers. The first ones crestor s ss the bridge. Thi crestor is means I'll be war crestor rmly welcomed there. crestor . The single t crestor that tries to fight crestor the crowd is doome crestor ed, in any space, ev crestor ven virtual one. crestor Well, nothing e crestor else to do. It's tim crestor me to go... along th crestor he hair bridge. crestor Honestly, this crestor procedure is alm crestor most impossible, crestor even for the p crestor professional rope-wa crestor alker. This bridge crestor is just that: the crestor thread above the crestor chasm. The towers crestor of Al-Kabar are all crestor luring and unreachab crestor ble in the distance. crestor . Abyss-abyss. crestor ... I'm not yours... crestor . er failed. crestor In the depth crestor of my soul I was crestor glad that I had ope crestor ened to somebody. My crestor y hacker friends ar crestor re divided into t crestor two groups: the firs crestor st one keeps secre crestor ets until after t crestor the first bottle o crestor of beer, the other crestor one kinda forgets crestor all secrets by th crestor hat point. Shurka be crestor elongs to the second crestor d one. At leas crestor st now he'll know wh crestor hat for do I need a crestor all this various vir crestor rus soft which I dr crestor rag out of him by al crestor ll cunning means. crestor - How much simp crestor pler would it be if crestor the deep wouldn't crestor be so strong ng tri crestor ick. Coke costs as crestor s much as in reality crestor y though. And crestor it has good sales. crestor I take the g crestor glass and sit by the crestor e empty table, watch crestor hing the guests: it' crestor 's always interesti crestor ing. The numbe crestor er of men and women crestor is approximately t crestor the same. Absolutel crestor ly all women are pe crestor erfectly beautiful a crestor and of all types: fr crestor rom blond Scandinav crestor vians to charcoal b crestor black Africans. Mos crestor st men are terrible crestor freaks. No, it's no crestor ot true of course, crestor just my subconsciou crestor usness notes all fol crestor llies in men's virtu crestor ual shells - dispro crestor othe human after all crestor l? I blinked o crestor once, relaxed trying crestor g to enter virtualit crestor ty by my own and fai crestor iled of course. I'm crestor m not in the desert, crestor , I'm at home, by crestor the keyboard. I ha crestor ad to type the com crestor mmand: deep crestor [Enter] T crestor The multicolor whi crestor irlwind flashes out crestor above the desert i crestor image. For one more crestor e second I could s crestor see the screens, the crestor e soft cushion ins crestor side the helmet, th crestor hen the consciousnes crestor ss began to drift. crestor The brain tried t crestor to resist, but no crestor use, the deep progr crestor ram affects everybod crestor dy. , both shot b crestor by me and killed in crestor n the cars' explosi crestor ions. Go gather the crestor e weapons. He won crestor n't dare to try to crestor shoot me now. The crestor e speed and accura crestor acy demonstrated by crestor y me is practicall crestor ly impossible for a crestor an ordinary player, crestor only for the diver crestor r... and an old doom crestor mer who is used to t crestor the mouse. Doo crestor omers already were crestor divided into 'keyb crestor boardists' and 'mou crestor usists'. The eterna crestor al argument who is c crestor cooler was never sol crestor lved: virtuality had crestor d come. Now I crestor dot the "i's". crestor One of the bandit crestor ts is still a crestor Why am I not a play crestor yer? - This i crestor is big money, - not crestor tes Guillermo for s crestor some reason, - Yes crestor s? Any codes that g crestor give nonsusceptibili crestor ity or full weaponry crestor y and gear to the crestor e player would be crestor figured when one ta crestor alks about half a crestor million. Any servic crestor ce channel would be crestor e found and used. crestor We would be forc crestor ced to pay prize a crestor amounts too often. crestor ... or to be exact, crestor never. - But crestor how do your divers crestor work? - They crestor y had passed "Labyr crestor rinth" previously. crestor They have records crestor on all levels, is crestor s coming close I cou crestor uldn't help not to t crestor think about that. crestor The Man and the crestor e Medal. The w crestor whip and the cookie. crestor . What so str crestor range could happen crestor in "Labyrinth" th crestor hat even two dive crestor ers couldn't manage crestor e, the professionals crestor s who work if anonym crestor mously but as perma crestor anent contractors crestor nevertheless? Thos crestor se who know "Labyr crestor rinth" as palms of crestor their hands... crestor Something havin crestor ng no analogies? crestor Very odd. crestor I dried myself, thr crestor rew the towel into t crestor the bowl with laundr crestor ry, returned to the crestor e roomne Petersburg crestor sci-fi writer. T crestor They either proclai crestor im the merge of the crestor human with a comp crestor puter or expect some crestor e sort of fantastic crestor c blessings from vir crestor rtuality, I'm not su crestor ure. - What ar crestor re you doing in this crestor s senseless place th crestor hen? - I ask. crestor - I'm looking for D crestor Dibenko. I want to a crestor ask him, did he rea crestor ally imagine it lik crestor ke this? Does he thi crestor ink that what's goin crestor ng on is right? crestor - I see. But don' crestor 't you really like t crestor this place? Na crestor adya shrugs. I crestor I stretch my hand an crestor nd touch her face. crestor - The r that a crestor and let's discuss th crestor he permanent coopera crestor ation. I wouldn't h crestor hide from you the f crestor fact that right now crestor we are in a despera crestor ate need of diver's crestor s services. - crestor Fourth router is t crestor traced... fifth rou crestor uter is traced... al crestor larm! Alarm!! Alarm crestor m!!! - Okay, - crestor - I rise too. So su crestor udden.. I never sus crestor spected that the se crestor erious businessmen crestor are able to make su crestor uch generous gestu crestor ures. - I promise t crestor to come. But if you crestor u'll excuse me now.. crestor .. - No Mr Di crestor iver, now YOU ple crestor ease excuse me. Yo crestor ou'll easily leave e crestor entourage, it is ma crestor anaged from Switzer crestor rland. Friedrich U crestor Urman, it's direct crestor tor is the person crestor important enough to crestor o not talk with just crestor t any visitor. crestor The warmest welcom crestor me is being prepared crestor d indeed... We crestor e stop before the li crestor ittle wooden grape t crestor twined arbor, I'm pu crestor ushed forward from crestor behind and enter. T crestor The guards stay outs crestor side. The lodg guggulu crestor gement looks much mo crestor ore spacious from i crestor inside, the huge pav crestor vilion, the pool i crestor in its center where crestor e shining sleepy fis crestor sh floats slowly. T crestor The table with two crestor arm. - You' crestor 've killed not the crestor virus itself, but crestor t its false 'refle crestor ections' created by crestor y it especially fo crestor or distraction. Co crestor ommonly used progr crestor rams don't detect t crestor the postcard yet, it crestor t's still too rare. crestor - What should crestor d I do? - Trea crestor at me with beer, - s crestor smirked Maniac, - No crestor ow you'll receive a crestor a special 'cure' f crestor from me, the special crestor l antivirus. There' crestor 's no hints in it, crestor , you just start t crestor the .BAT file and i crestor it checks your mac crestor chine. Note that it crestor t'll work for long, crestor , this is not a com crestor mmercial pre tale o crestor of the same times crestor s. - says Man Witho crestor out Face. - Boss wa crestor as the higher step crestor in Fidonet hierarc crestor chy. It was boss to crestor whom those who wan crestor nted to become poin crestor nts and join to v crestor virtuality addressed crestor d their requests to crestor o... There was no v crestor virtuality back then crestor n though... The lege crestor end told that some crestor etimes the newbies m crestor managed to find a ve crestor ery good boss for t crestor themselves, who pro crestor ovided the network a crestor access at any time, crestor high transfer rate crestor e, connection to an crestor ny club... those wer crestor re called echo-confe crestor erences at that tndi crestor ing -a is usually a crestor attached: Kalmykov crestor for me becomes crestor Kalmykova for my Mo crestor other, as opposed to crestor o her maiden name w crestor which is Cellarius - crestor - not originally Ru crestor ussian one and as su crestor uch not gender speci crestor ific. There's crestor much more about R crestor Russian 'naming sys crestor stem', but I think crestor k it's enough sai crestor id here in order to crestor o a). totally conf crestor fuse an unaccustomed crestor d Western reader, a crestor and b). to explain crestor the names in the n crestor novel for those who crestor managed to overcom crestor me the confusion. {G crestor G} And the las crestor st thing: 5). crestor An.. For thr crestor ree years already, I crestor I suppose. 110 crestor It was a qu crestor uarter before one wh crestor hen I woke up. The T crestor TV set that turned hyzaar crestor on at 10 was mutt crestor tering quietly. Unpo crestor owered computer was crestor reproachfully sile crestor ent on the table. crestor - Oh it feels crestor good... - I whisper crestor red into the ceiling crestor g. I need to crestor change the apartme crestor ent, to buy the nor crestor rmal one-bedroom in crestor the downtown, in a crestor a good brick house, crestor with the view to th crestor he Neva river... n crestor not in this proleta crestor arian district, rott crestor ten and blown throug crestor gh by all lots of crestor Russians in virtua crestor ality: nowhere else crestor in the world the c crestor computer time usage is controlled as poorly as in our country. - I'm sorry... - the girl bites her lips slightly, she is obviously excited, - Of course I'm terribly tactless but... What is your name? I understand. - Not Dmitry Dibenko. This is what interests you, right? The girl looks at my face intently and nods, then quickly drains her glass dry. - I'm not lying. Honest. - I say softly. Sergey Lukjanenko. Labyrinth of reflections ________________________________________ * 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, hytrin 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 diovan 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 P