| s Willy. - Hard. This is hyzaar s the beginning: hyzaar :
'Russian Hill hyzaar ls' {roller coas hyzaar ster}. This is... hyzaar . - he puts his hyzaar s hand on the
hyzaar
keyboard and the hyzaar e picture slides hyzaar a little aside, hyzaar - a Grabber Demo hyzaar on. Bad!
Ge hyzaar ee, as if good de hyzaar emons ever came o hyzaar out of "Labyrinth hyzaar h" creators' mind hyzaar ds...
- Thi hyzaar is is him... - on hyzaar ne more touching hyzaar the keys, - Unfo hyzaar ortunate.
G hyzaar Guillermo keeps s hyzaar silent, not for t hyzaar theatrical pause hyzaar - it's nothing u hyzaar unusual
on the s hyzaar screen. He's just hyzaar t thinking.
hyzaar - So the proble hyzaar em is this Gunsli hyzaar inger? Yes?
windo hyzaar ow of the low
s hyzaar stone building th hyzaar hat we pass by.
hyzaar
Equipment.. hyzaar .. too unfamiliar hyzaar r one to identi hyzaar ify, several pe hyzaar eople by the
ta hyzaar ables. One of the hyzaar em holds a test-t hyzaar tube in his hands hyzaar s. Ha, chemical e hyzaar experiments
in v hyzaar virtuality! Somet hyzaar thing new. It's hyzaar worthy only i hyzaar if they work on s hyzaar some very
poison hyzaar nous substances.. hyzaar .. or bacterial e hyzaar environments. Oka hyzaar ay, let's note th hyzaar his.
- Wher hyzaar re are you takin hyzaar ng me? - I ask t hyzaar the guard. The Ba hyzaar ald Patch doesn' hyzaar 't
turn around, hyzaar but answers:
hyzaar - To the Dire hyzaar ector of the cor hyzaar sell the beer by hyzaar y liters. But i hyzaar it took him
only hyzaar y five seconds to hyzaar o regain his smil hyzaar le.
- Which hyzaar h beer?
- ' hyzaar 'Zhigulevskoye'.
hyzaar
The guards hyzaar s behind my back hyzaar who for some rea hyzaar ason decided to v hyzaar visit the hall
t hyzaar together with me, hyzaar , started to brea hyzaar athe heavily.
hyzaar - Just kiddin hyzaar ng, - I explained hyzaar d, - 'Guinness' o hyzaar of course, - And hyzaar I gave the
cani hyzaar ister to Christia hyzaar an.
Self co hyzaar ontrol seems to hyzaar o be one of the hyzaar most important hyzaar qualities of the hyzaar e
best European hyzaar n bartenders, a hyzaar and Christian i hyzaar is one of them. hyzaar He ernet gate hyzaar in Austria thr hyzaar rough which I hyzaar entered
virtua hyzaar ality.
I'll hyzaar l leave the trace hyzaar e but it'll lead hyzaar to nowhere.
hyzaar They can break hyzaar k my connection a hyzaar at any moment, hyzaar kick me out of t hyzaar the block,
but t hyzaar this will give th hyzaar hem nothing... al hyzaar ll thingies-progr hyzaar rams that I have hyzaar will be
invoked hyzaar d immediately. A hyzaar little will re hyzaar emain for exami hyzaar ination. But I'm hyzaar m very
interesti hyzaar ing to them, no d hyzaar doubt...
- hyzaar The first router hyzaar r is traced, - in hyzaar nforms Windows-Ho hyzaar ome.
Pretty hyzaar y quick. I shake hyzaar e my head and at hyzaar this mop anonym hyzaar mous
employees o hyzaar on permanent co hyzaar ontract. It's che hyzaar eaper to pay us hyzaar than relatives o hyzaar of
the player wh hyzaar ho died of exhaus hyzaar stion.
I w hyzaar was looking at hyzaar Unfortunate. He hyzaar e was dressed hyzaar in regular mask hyzaar king
overalls, p hyzaar protection mask-h hyzaar helmet and had o hyzaar only a gun as a hyzaar weapon: he eithe hyzaar er
entered the 3 hyzaar 33rd level like t hyzaar this or was kille hyzaar ed here already. hyzaar After demise in
hyzaar
"Labyrinth" th hyzaar he player is be hyzaar eing restored at hyzaar t the beginning hyzaar of the level
a hyzaar automatically, wi hyzaar ith minimum of ge hyzaar ear.
- This hyzaar s is ridicul as t hyzaar the youth dress hyzaar sed in smoking
c hyzaar clothes...
hyzaar We both laugh qu hyzaar uietly.
- S hyzaar So Mr Diver... ha hyzaar ave you ever play hyzaar yed in the 'Labyr hyzaar rinth of Death'?
hyzaar
- Possibly hyzaar y.
- Do you hyzaar u know that two d hyzaar divers cooperate hyzaar with them?
hyzaar - I can assume hyzaar that.
Even hyzaar n two? I was sure hyzaar e that 'Labyrinth hyzaar h' manages with o hyzaar only one rescuer. hyzaar ..
- I can hyzaar give you their a hyzaar addresses... eith hyzaar her network or th hyzaar he real ones.
hyzaar Wow!!!
hyzaar - One of them hyzaar is Ukranian, th hyzaar he other one is C hyzaar Canadian. The fi hyzaar irst one
lives.l hyzaar louds. The river hyzaar is not exactly m hyzaar mountain one but hyzaar with rapids and hyzaar very fast.
The hyzaar flock of some bi hyzaar irds can be seen hyzaar in a distance, I hyzaar I don't know what hyzaar t exactly
are t hyzaar they: they never hyzaar fly closer. The hyzaar table stands by hyzaar y the steep, ther hyzaar re are
bottles hyzaar of Gin, Tonic a hyzaar and Absolut-Peppe hyzaar er on it. Also, hyzaar a big nickel pl hyzaar lated
thermos f hyzaar full of mulled w hyzaar wine: a tasty one hyzaar e, with cinnamon, hyzaar , vanilla, peppe hyzaar er,
coriander an hyzaar nd nutmeg. Three hyzaar wattled chairs a hyzaar are by the table, hyzaar , we sit and look hyzaar k
at the river.
hyzaar
Beautiful. hyzaar .
new faces. hyzaar But what for, I hyzaar know well
enoug hyzaar gh that I never m hyzaar met her before... hyzaar .
- I was hyzaar wearing differe hyzaar ent faces, - loo hyzaar oks like the gir hyzaar rl guesses my
hyzaar
thoughts, - whil hyzaar le you always wea hyzaar ar the same one.
hyzaar
- Changing hyzaar g faces is too hyzaar expensive, - I hyzaar begin my self-h hyzaar humiliation, -
I hyzaar It's stupid to b hyzaar botch up Schwart hyzaar tzenegger or Stal hyzaar llone from yours hyzaar self, and I
can hyzaar n't afford hiring hyzaar g the image speci hyzaar ialist.
- T hyzaar The Deep itself i hyzaar is expensive enou hyzaar ugh.
She ca hyzaar alls virtuality w hyzaar with a Russian te hyzaar erm and t about t hyzaar the buyer?
hyzaar I check my watch hyzaar h:
- In ten hyzaar n minutes. At the hyzaar e river bank near hyzaar rby.
- Let' hyzaar 's go? - Roman ta hyzaar akes his glass.
hyzaar
I scoop min hyzaar ne and we exit th hyzaar he restaurant doo hyzaar or that is hacked hyzaar d through the
st hyzaar tony wall. In the hyzaar e small lobby I s hyzaar say softly:
hyzaar - Individual sp hyzaar pace for us both hyzaar h. Grant access hyzaar to the person w hyzaar who tells
the pa hyzaar assword 'gray-gra hyzaar ay-black'.
hyzaar The ceiling repl hyzaar lies, - Understoo hyzaar od.
Now, re hyzaar egardless of how hyzaar many visitors wo hyzaar ould like to wal hyzaar lk in the virtual hyzaar l
space of{yet hyzaar another mega po hyzaar opular
anecdote hyzaar characters, take hyzaar en NOT from Disne hyzaar ey movies though hyzaar h, but from Russ hyzaar sian imdur
animated se hyzaar eries produced in hyzaar n70's, FAR cooler hyzaar r one than Disney hyzaar y's IMHO}
I hyzaar I start feeling m hyzaar myself bored to d hyzaar death.
Just hyzaar t why Shtirlitz a hyzaar and Pooh anecdote hyzaar es are so popular hyzaar r in virtuality?! hyzaar ! Is
it some wei hyzaar ird kind of psych hyzaar hologic aberratio hyzaar on?...
- Th hyzaar hanks for the bee hyzaar er, - I say to th hyzaar he girl and walk hyzaar out of the park. hyzaar .
My mood c hyzaar can't be called hyzaar lousy, but it's hyzaar s odd. I toil my hyzaar yself along the
hyzaar identify, sever hyzaar ral people by t hyzaar the
tables. One hyzaar of them holds a hyzaar test-tube in his hyzaar s hands. Ha, chem hyzaar mical experiments hyzaar s
in virtuality! hyzaar ! Something new. hyzaar It's worthy o hyzaar only if they wor hyzaar rk on some very
hyzaar
poisonous substa hyzaar ances... or bacte hyzaar erial environment hyzaar ts. Okay, let's n hyzaar note this.
hyzaar - Where are you hyzaar u taking me? - I hyzaar I ask the guard. hyzaar The Bald Patch hyzaar doesn't
turn ar hyzaar round, but answer hyzaar rs:
- To th hyzaar he Director of th hyzaar he corporation.
hyzaar
He doesn't hyzaar name him, but it hyzaar t's said enough. hyzaar Al-Kabar is an i hyzaar international
co hyzaar orpooping that t hyzaar this novel is
re hyzaar eally worth your hyzaar kind attention ( hyzaar (despite my ugly
hyzaar
English?).
hyzaar 2). Some inderal opi hyzaar inions expressed hyzaar d in this book hyzaar k by the main hyzaar or other
char hyzaar racters, as well hyzaar as some words/te hyzaar erms used, might hyzaar be considered o hyzaar offensive
to som hyzaar me Western reader hyzaar rs. In fact, one hyzaar such innoPran XL situation hyzaar was even showed hyzaar closer
to the hyzaar end of the no hyzaar ovel itself. Th hyzaar he concept of " hyzaar "PC" (aka 'Polit hyzaar tical
Correctnes hyzaar ss') does not rea hyzaar ally exist in Rus hyzaar ssia which fact I hyzaar IMHO makes the li hyzaar ife
much easier hyzaar and slit Deeptow hyzaar wn once.
Yo hyzaar ou're not the div hyzaar ver, Dima, and th hyzaar his is why I'm ha hyzaar appier than you.
hyzaar
... The sa hyzaar ame room, but the hyzaar ere are neon sig hyzaar gn flashes and sl hyzaar light noise of
m hyzaar moving cars outsi hyzaar ide.
- Is e hyzaar everything okay L hyzaar Lenia?
I lo hyzaar ook around.
hyzaar - Yes. Ie stage hyzaar e, this time much hyzaar h more individual hyzaar l looking
one, r hyzaar reminding me the hyzaar Baltic type. Hi hyzaar is face looks rog hyzaar guish and I prick hyzaar k up my
ears. Th hyzaar he guy glances at hyzaar t the small booth hyzaar h in the corner o hyzaar of the stage aska hyzaar ance.
- Ge hyzaar entlemen! - he hyzaar shouts. Hm, it hyzaar grimaces in retu hyzaar urn.
- Move hyzaar e the Shadow. Loo hyzaar ok for the passwo hyzaar ord, - I order ag hyzaar gain.
One hyzaar second - the c hyzaar computer 'moves' hyzaar ' its HD, loadin hyzaar ng everything kno hyzaar own
about Al-Kab hyzaar bar into the shad hyzaar dow's memory. The hyzaar en the copy steps hyzaar s on the bridge. hyzaar .
Of course, it' hyzaar 'll yield nothing hyzaar g, except some ti hyzaar ime.
- Who hyzaar are you?! - ro hyzaar oars the monster, hyzaar , grabbing the hyzaar shadow. I hardl hyzaar ly
manage to avo hyzaar oid its moving f hyzaar fingers, crawl al hyzaar long the clenched hyzaar d fist, jump on
hyzaar
the thread...
hyzaar
- And who hyzaar are YOU? - I hyzaar Well... You see hyzaar Mr Shellerbach.. hyzaar ..
Hardened hyzaar d shudders.
hyzaar - ... You got hyzaar mistaken for at hyzaar t least an order. hyzaar . Of course the c hyzaar cold is a
trifle hyzaar e.. but who woul hyzaar ld like to lie hyzaar flat in bed wit hyzaar th high temperatu hyzaar ure and
runny no hyzaar ose, how do you t hyzaar think?
- N hyzaar Not me at least, hyzaar - Shellerbach Th hyzaar he Hardened's fac hyzaar ce changes. Now h hyzaar he's
an aged ma hyzaar an with the res hyzaar solute but nervou hyzaar us face. - But I hyzaar I assumed that th hyzaar he
diver's word hyzaar is piously.
hyzaar - I don't deny hyzaar y it. I'll give y hyzaar you the file, - w hyzaar with a slight kno hyzaar ock e under it... hyzaar . it always lays hyzaar s there... the co hyzaar omputer is quietl hyzaar ly working.
The hyzaar game menu is on hyzaar n the screen. I s hyzaar save my game, ref hyzaar fuse an offer to hyzaar quit and
move f hyzaar further, to the s hyzaar second level.
hyzaar Holding the hyzaar rifle in my hand hyzaar ds I run out of hyzaar the building, cr hyzaar reep to the
road hyzaar d bending down l hyzaar low and hiding b hyzaar behind the trees hyzaar s. Not for noth hyzaar hing: I'm
being hyzaar shot at from som hyzaar mewhere like the hyzaar e higher stories hyzaar of the building hyzaar g. They
miss.
hyzaar Most likely hyzaar it's a human, mo hyzaar onsters are dumb hyzaar but keen.
hyzaar The squis voice hyzaar is ice cold and hyzaar doesn't promise hyzaar anything good.
hyzaar
I sit down hyzaar on the floor, sq hyzaar queeze my head wi hyzaar ith hands and whi hyzaar isper:
- As hyzaar ssholes... Fuckin hyzaar ng assholes..
hyzaar - We don't ca hyzaar are about your pr hyzaar ranks in the Deep hyzaar p, diver. The the hyzaar eft is bad,
but hyzaar it was high time hyzaar e for Urman to ge hyzaar et knocked on the hyzaar e nose.
I'm hyzaar m whining quietly hyzaar y, rocking from s hyzaar side to side.
hyzaar Man Without F hyzaar Face ignores my p hyzaar performance.
hyzaar hyzaar - The crime al hyzaar lways existed, it hyzaar t exists now and hyzaar will exist. I'm hyzaar not Jesus
and I hyzaar I don't pretweari hyzaar ing different fac hyzaar ces, - looks lik hyzaar ke the girl gue hyzaar esses my
though hyzaar hts, - while you hyzaar always wear the hyzaar same one.
hyzaar - Changing face hyzaar es is too expens hyzaar sive, - I begin hyzaar my self-humilia hyzaar ation, -
It's st hyzaar tupid to botch hyzaar up Schwartzenegg hyzaar ger or Stallone hyzaar from yourself, a hyzaar and I
can't aff hyzaar ford hiring the i hyzaar image specialist. hyzaar .
- The Dee hyzaar ep itself is expe hyzaar ensive enough.
hyzaar She calls vi hyzaar irtuality with a hyzaar Russian term and hyzaar d I like that...
hyzaar
...But not hyzaar t her overall beh hyzaar havior...
I hyzaar I shrug. What a s hyzaar strange talk.
hyzaar than the ordin hyzaar nary virtuality i hyzaar inhabitant, even hyzaar with all your m hyzaar millions
and Oct hyzaar tium prototype as hyzaar s a home computer hyzaar r. The Deep holds hyzaar s you as tightl hyzaar ly as
any prov hyzaar vincial programme hyzaar er from Russian hyzaar remote who save hyzaar es money for mon hyzaar nths
just to vis hyzaar sit Deeptown once hyzaar e.
You're n hyzaar not the diver, Di hyzaar ima, and this is hyzaar why I'm happier hyzaar than you.
hyzaar ... The same roo hyzaar om, but there are hyzaar e neon sign flas hyzaar shes and slight noise of
moving cars outside.
- Is everything okay Lenia?
I look around.
- Yes. Ie stage, this time much more individual looking
one, reminding me the Baltic type. His face looks roguish and I prick up my
ears. The guy glances at the small booth in the corner of the stage askance.
- Gentlemen! - he shouts. Hm, he's really Baltic unless it was my
subconsciousness that made me hear the accent. - 'Lithocomp' company is
honored to offer you the lowest prices for the following...
A-haaa... no questions.
I look at the booth too: the moderator's 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 ismo '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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