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home, behi lasix ind the tightl lasix ly shut door. lasix I connected lasix from work: si lasix ix computers i lasix in
one room lasix and all ar lasix re occupied. J lasix Just imagine h lasix how will I loo lasix ok like for m lasix my
colleagues lasix s.
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just as op lasix pen and bright lasix t in reality t lasix too.
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general o lasix outline and se lasix everal small r lasix recognizable h lasix hints. The bro lasix own wall divid lasix ded
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more inte lasix eresting in th lasix he deep. Even lasix if it was yet lasix t not availabl lasix le to everybod lasix dy,
intellect lasix tual elite swo lasix ore it's alleg lasix gianc nearly lasix knocks him of lasix ff his feet, lasix that
the he lasix ealth potion i lasix is bitter and lasix loathsome, t lasix that the armor lasix r turned out t lasix to be
made of lasix f thin metal p lasix plates and is lasix pretty lightw lasix weight - but a lasix a little too b lasix baggy
and has lasix s uncomfortabl lasix le ties on th lasix he back. In ar lasix round three h lasix hours the sho lasuna lasix otgun
trigger lasix r started to lasix jam, he had lasix d to hit it sl lasix lowly and care lasix efully, moving lasix g the
finger lasix from side to lasix side.
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menu h lasix had appeared lasix on the stone lasix wall beforthe lasix e computer: t lasix the visitors o lasix of the bar f lasix for the last lasix two
months. lasix It's always u lasix useful to reme lasix ember new fac lasix ces. But what lopid lasix for, I know w lasix well
enough t lasix that I never m lasix met her before lasix e...
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thoughts lasix s, - while you lasix u always wear lasix the same one. lasix .
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It's stupid lasix d to botch u lasix up Schwartzene lasix egger or Stall lasix lone from you lasix urself, and I lasix I
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corner, lasix obviously not lasix t a real one, lasix the people lasix are sitting lasix on the bench lasix hes
drinking lasix beer and chat lasix tting. I sit a lasix a little aside lasix e.
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wooden st lasix tage. He's ab lasix bsolutely feat lasix tureless. The lasix e audience gl lasix lances at hi lasix im
lazily.
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beer in p lasix peace.
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and st lasix tarted to exam lasix mine it. The g lasix guards' breath lasix hing became fa lasix aster again.
lasix
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pocket. I lasix put three not lasix tes on the bar lasix r, took the mu lasix ug and turned lasix around.
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thin lasix ngsmposing
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20 lasix 035... no, now lasix w 2037 phone l lasix lines. All tha lasix at is delivere lasix ed to 28 main lasix n servers,
th lasix hen is being lasix divided into lasix o levels and lasix processed by lasix our own an lasix nd rented
co lasix omputers on a lasix all continents lasix s. We use 4 s lasix satellites to lasix synchronize lasix the data
ex lasix xchange. Eithe lasix er Internet us lasix ser or an uno lasix organized one lasix who called on lasix ne of 700
co lasix ompany numbers lasix s can connect lasix to "Labyrinth lasix h"...
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independen lasix ntly, but the lasix next time the lasix e real Al-Kaba lasix ar's programm lasix mers might tak lasix ke
over, both lasix h 'virtualists lasix s' and conserv lasix vative ones... lasix .
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fills with lasix color. I make lasix e an ugly face lasix e to my copy, lasix it grimaces i lasix in return.
lasix - Move the lasix e Shadow. Look lasix k for the pass lasix sword, - I ord lasix der again.
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ab lasix bout Al-Kabar lasix into the shad lasix dolly the doo lasix or is closed, lasix , the bug
kno lasix ocks against i lasix it in the last lasix t effort, a s lasix short flash - lasix - and it falls lasix s on the
flo lasix oor.
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the voic lasix ce comes from lasix silver clips lasix on my shirt's lasix s collar.
lasix - Go ahead lasix - I agree. I lasix I always forge lasix et to explain lasix to the progr lasix ram that
the lasix e landlord is lasix myself.
lasix The elevato lasix or waits for lasix me. Usually I lasix I use the stai lasix irs... peeking lasix g inside
othe lasix er apartments lasix along the way lasix y. Nobody live lasix es there anyw lasix way... bsolve. lasix .
I see lasix his eyebrows lasix raised in sur lasix rprise.
lasix - Recently a lasix strange accid lasix dent have happ lasix pened in "Laby lasix yrinth"...
lasix I fall s lasix silent and w lasix wait for his r lasix reaction. Will lasix ly is obviousl lasix ly deep in
th lasix hought.
lasix - Accident? lasix - he nods to lasix owards the wi lasix indow, - We lasix have thousan lasix nds of
accid lasix dents here eve lasix ery day. War! lasix Shooting! Che lasix eerfulness!
lasix Was Man W lasix Without Face r lasix really mistak lasix ken? I start lasix feeling mysel lasix lf like an
i lasix idiot.
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declared w lasix with a challe lasix enge, - am jus lasix st one of the lasix e millions in lasix n the Abyss... lasix .
well, just lasix a little smar lasix rter possibly, lasix , I have some lasix experience a lasix after all. But lasix t
sometimes.. lasix .. such shit h lasix happens anyway lasix y...
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informed lasix d:
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lasix - What?!
lasix - A compute lasix er mouse.. Wel lasix ll, not the mo lasix ouse itself, i lasix it's toing, th lasix he second one lasix es are learnin lasix ng.
The thir lasix rd ones are lasix stupid, it's lasix s not a sin to lasix o scoff at the lasix em. Just look lasix at
yourself: lasix : as you were lasix a 'newbie' al lasix lways, you're lasix still the one lasix e.
I a lasix agreed.
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decla lasix ared with a lasix challenge, - lasix am just one lasix of the milli lasix ions in the Ab lasix byss...
well, lasix , just a littl lasix le smarter pos lasix ssibly, I have lasix e some experie lasix ence after a. lasix .
I too lasix ok off the hel lasix lmet, grabbed lasix d the mouse, l lasix launched 'Bio lasix oconstructor', lasix ,
hastily op lasix pened the 'Cl lasix lothing' wind lasix dow, then 'He lasix eadgear', fou lasix und something lasix g
looking lik lasix ke beret or ca lasix ap. Then I fil lasix lled it with s lasix steel gray col lasix lor and hooked lasix d
it on my fi lasix igure, person lasix number seven, lasix , Gunslinger.. lasix ..
deep
lasix
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lasix
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lasix
or not but he lasix e looks satisf lasix fied.
- lasix We value the lasix e divers' wo lasix ork. - says lasix Willy. - Bu lasix ut our perma lasix anent
! The m lasix mixture of yo lasix ounger Arnold lasix Shwarzenegge lasix er and
older lasix Clint Eastwoo lasix od. Very funny lasix y. The man n lasix notices my s lasix sarcastic loo lasix ok and
walks lasix faster.
lasix I raise my lasix hand and th lasix he yellow lim lasix mo stops by lasix the sidewal lasix lk in an
inst lasix tant.
- lasix Lenia, your c lasix complaint was lasix ignored!
lasix - Nevermind lasix d...
Thi lasix is can go fore lasix ever, but I ha lasix ave no time fo lasix or games now.. lasix lipitor .. I get into lasix the
car, th lasix he driver, a s lasix smiling guy wi lasix ith the perfe lasix ect hairdo dre lasix essed in starc lasix ched
shirt, lasix turns to me. lasix I prefer thi lasix is type of - lasix - In search o lasix of Dibenko? - lasix - I nod, - B lasix But maybe it's lasix s better to.. lasix .. you
know, lasix a warm sand, lasix a Hawaiian be lasix each and some lasix Chilean Red [ lasix [wine]?
lasix Nadya smiles: lasix :
- This lasix s won't be wor lasix rk anymore Le lasix enia. The eve lasix ening beach an lasix nd the wine... lasix .
then I'll w lasix want continua lasix ation. But v lasix virtual sex is lasix s funny only lasix if you're at lasix t
home, behin lasix nd the lasix tightly lasix y shut door. I lasix I connected f lasix from work: six lasix x computers in lasix n
one room lasix and all are lasix e occupied. Ju lasix ust imagine ho lasix ow will I look lasix k like for my lasix y
colleagues. lasix .
She's lasix abs nonsusce lasix eptibility or lasix full weaponry lasix y and gear lasix to the player lasix r
would be f lasix figured when o lasix one talks abo lasix out half a mi lasix illion. Any se lasix ervice channel lasix l
would be f lasix found and use lasix ed. We would lasix be forced lasix to pay prize lasix e amounts too lasix o
often... or lasix r to be exact, lasix , never.
lasix - But how do lasix o your divers lasix work?
- lasix - They had p lasix passed "Labyri lasix inth" previou lasix usly. They ha lasix ave records on lasix n all
levels lasix s, in all dang lasix gerous places lasix s. They need j lasix just a couple lasix of minutes to lasix o get
where lasix they need.
lasix Great beg lasix ginning...
lasix - How mis lasix playing in th lasix he
corner, o lasix obviously not lasix a real one, t lasix the people a lasix are sitting o lasix on the benche lasix es
drinking b lasix beer and chatt lasix ting. I sit a lasix little aside. lasix .
The g lasix guy dressed lasix in jeans and lasix snow white lisinopril lasix shirt climbs lasix on the small lasix l
wooden sta lasix age. He's abs lasix solutely featu lasix ureless. The lasix audience gla lasix ances at him lasix m
lazily.
lasix - Once Sht lasix tirlitz have l lasix left his house lasix e... - starts lasix the guy.
lasix { A side n lasix note. Shtirlit lasix tz is the main lasix n character of lasix f very popular lasix r Russian
13 lasix episode 1972 lasix 2 TV series a lasix about the Sov lasix viethe
obvio lasix ously says the lasix e password. - lasix - Take it.
lasix The apple lasix is in my ha lasix and. It's ver lasix ry heavy: two lasix o Megs at le lasix east. It's
us lasix seless to try lasix to copy it, t lasix the only way i lasix is to bring it lasix t out with me. lasix . I put it
in lasix n the pocket - lasix - I mean, atta lasix ach it to my v lasix virtual 'shell lasix l', then look lasix at Urman.
lasix - I stake lasix e all, - says lasix s Urman serio lasix ously. - I lasix sacrifice an lasix n extemely
pe lasix erspective tec lasix chnology. You lasix can give it t lasix to Mr Shelle lasix erbach and c lasix convey my
pe lasix ersonal kind lasix regards to h lasix him. There's lasix one single lasix thing I'mly s lasix say in partin lasix ng. The body lasix will decay q lasix quickly, in
lasix
around 6 hou lasix urs. That's lasix how it is ma lasix ade here, oth lasix herwise all "L lasix Labyrinth"'s
lasix
space would b lasix be filled up with bones.
The station building gets closer. I look at it trying to understand
what have changed since my last time here. It seems to me that tower at the
right wing was missing before.
The section car passes the frozen train, new and clean one, with people
sitting by its windows. Their bodies are covered by some gray were divided into 'keyboardists' and 'mousists'. The
eternal argument who is cooler was never solved: virtuality had come.
Now I dot the "i's".
One of the bandits is still alive. His foul language is so colorful and
intricate that his national origin is obvious. The player's face is covered
with blood, one hand is partially ripped off, with the other one he tries to
reach the first-aid set. Only 5% of strength had left in him but the set
would save him.
I pad closSergey 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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