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he foreign morphing progr lasuna ram. I just have lasuna e time to say: "V lasuna Vika, freeze" to lasuna prevent the care lasuna eful Windows-Home lasuna e to resist the lasuna change. Fo lasuna or a long time wa lasuna asn't I in the wo lasuna olf's hide, since lasuna e when virtuality lasuna y just appeared lasuna and everybody ha lasuna ad fun with morph lasuna hing. Luckily, I lasuna don't have to st lasuna tand on all four lasuna rs, I change onl lasuna ly visually. I ta lasuna ake off the swor lasuna rd, give it to th lasuna he new Ivan The lasuna Prince, he grabs lasuna s the weapon and lasuna jumps onto my sh lasuna houlders. - lasuna - Come on, you l lasuna lazy sack of bon lasuna nes! - he shouts lasuna hitting my your lasuna r service to the lasuna management and t lasuna try to solve the lasuna e problem, contac lasuna ct me. Ask for... lasuna . Man Without Fac lasuna ce. He does lasuna sn't want to make lasuna e it clearer and lasuna as it seems he d lasuna doesn't have even lasuna n a little doubt lasuna t that I'll rush lasuna to "Labyrinth" a lasuna at once. - lasuna Why would I want lasuna t to do that? lasuna Man Without F lasuna Face takes a sma lasuna all badge from lasuna the cloak pocket lasuna t. It looks pret lasuna tty like the poli lasuna ice badge but its lasuna s background is lasuna white and there lasuna e's not a spiral lasuna l in the center b lasuna but a tiny sphere lasuna e woven of the th lasuna hinnest threads.a lasuna about 10 minutes lasuna s: two hysteric lasuna cal players, the lasuna guy and the gal lasuna l that followed lasuna me for three le lasuna evels already. lasuna They were in hu lasuna urry being sure lasuna that I'll leave lasuna e the sport cent lasuna ter immediately lasuna and stormed in lasuna nto the hall reck lasuna klessly yet beaut lasuna tifully: the guy lasuna y with the plas lasuna sma gun by his lasuna belt and the ga lasuna al with the car lasuna rbine atilt. I lasuna launched a rocke lasuna et at them, righ lasuna ht from underwate lasuna er and they both lasuna h vanished in th lasuna he fiery swirl. lasuna I crawled lasuna out of the pool lasuna leaning upon th lasuna he boiled monster lasuna r's he entered t lasuna the game again lasuna and caught up. L lasuna Looks like it was lasuna s him shooting at lasuna t my back... - I' lasuna 'll make you! Do lasuna o you hear me?! N lasuna No peace for you! lasuna ! I'll make you! lasuna The certai lasuna in international lasuna gesture from me lasuna e causes him to lasuna o open volley f lasuna fire but he has lasuna only a few loads lasuna s while the dist lasuna tance is big. T lasuna Throwing the rif lasuna fle aside he trie lasuna es to aim at me lasuna with a gun and lasuna at that moment t lasuna the purple shado lasuna ow rises behind lasuna his back. Geez, lasuna the fiery choker lasuna rs can be encount lasuna tered on the fir lasuna rst level alread lasuna dy. The is one o lasuna of the most inter lasuna resting places in lasuna n virtuality, th lasuna he place where on lasuna ne can just chat. lasuna . About any lasuna ything at all. lasuna I see long lasuna rows of buildi lasuna ings, small squa lasuna ares and parks be lasuna etween them, eit lasuna ther crowded or e lasuna empty. I study in lasuna ntricate plates. lasuna Some of them are lasuna e obvious, other lasuna rs are deliberate lasuna ely vague. lasuna 'Anecdotes' lasuna 'Talks about n lasuna nothing' 'S lasuna Sexual adventures lasuna s' 'Strange lasuna e place' 'O lasuna Oats growing!' lasuna 'Books' lasuna 'Martial arts' lasuna ' People co lasuna ome here to discu lasuna uss the cerransi lasuna it's simple and lasuna defenseless driv lasuna ver program, th lasuna his is an excell lasuna lent security sys lasuna stem with pseudo lasuna o intellect, one lasuna e degree higher lasuna than Windows-Hom lasuna me. How did it de lasuna etermine my nativ lasuna ve language? lasuna - The visitor lasuna doesn't come uni lasuna invited! - lasuna I was invited! lasuna - By whom? lasuna I have to lasuna stake my all... lasuna - You don' lasuna 't have the right lasuna t to know this na lasuna ame! - I ha lasuna ave the right for lasuna r everything, - i lasuna informs the monst lasuna ter. And th lasuna he fingers clench lasuna h. Now the lasuna e exit into real lasuna lity is expectel lasuna le at all... lasuna Guillermo is s lasuna silent watching m lasuna me. - Can I lasuna I get level maps lasuna at least? - I as lasuna sk, - Complete on lasuna nes? - No. lasuna . There's no co lasuna omplete maps in lasuna existence. "La lasuna abyrinth" change lasuna es constantly a lasuna and on its own. lasuna . This is not a lasuna movie, not a lasuna book after all lasuna Gunslinger. Thi lasuna is is the whole w lasuna world, the miracl lasuna le world! The mir lasuna racle can't be s lasuna static. * lasuna * PART 2. "Labyri lasuna inth" * 0 lasuna The Por lasuna rtal through whic lasuna ch "Labyrinth" is lasuna s connected to lasuna the rest of the lasuna e deep is reall lasuna ly beagerly rip lasuna the loner apart lasuna t in a dark corn lasuna ner but here I'm lasuna safe: carnivores lasuna s don't hunt nea lasuna ar their den. lasuna - Hi, - said lasuna d the guy who liv lasuna ves lopid in the apartm lasuna ment above mine, lasuna in the same typ lasuna pe of studio, tog lasuna gether with his lasuna parents and olde lasuna er sister who of lasuna ften comes back lasuna only by the mor lasuna rning. Walls and lasuna ceilings in this lasuna s house are thin lasuna n enough for me lasuna to be well poste lasuna ed on all their t lasuna troubles and quar lasuna rrels. - Hi lasuna i, - I said. lasuna - Lenia, do yo lasuna ou have cigarette lasuna es? I'm at lasuna least 15 years lasuna older tsted, - D lasuna Drag her into th lasuna he Abyss... and lasuna no problem! {sam lasuna me in Russian ori lasuna iginal} - Y lasuna Yeah, thanks a l lasuna lot...- growled lasuna Maniac with evi lasuna ident caution in lasuna n his voice, - H lasuna Have you ever see lasuna en the women who lasuna have tried the lasuna virtual sex? The lasuna eir psyche is... lasuna . different. No n lasuna normal male will lasuna ever satisfy the lasuna em! I nodde lasuna ed, even if I co lasuna ouldn't really i lasuna imagine women we lasuna ent crazy about lasuna t virtual sex. I lasuna I could imagine lasuna the men though lasuna h, many got cra lasuna azy over that, lasuna that's why I d lasuna didn't hurry to lasuna try it. Exing lasuna inflated like a lasuna balloon. Now I lasuna have to either f lasuna fall asleep submi lasuna itting myself to lasuna o the morning ha lasuna angover or to lasuna submerge into th lasuna he deep: it cures lasuna s hangover well lasuna l. On the s lasuna second floor of lasuna the staircase wh lasuna here the light is lasuna s on always for lasuna some reason, fi lasuna ive teens were lasuna sitting, playin lasuna ng cards right o lasuna on the floor, t lasuna talking about so lasuna omething in dimme lasuna ed voices... No, lasuna not talking, it' lasuna 'd be better to lasuna say growling t lasuna to each other. lasuna I knew two of lasuna them, other th lasuna hree were unfam lasuna miliar. A littlf lasuna f a million dolla lasuna ars. This money lasuna will go to the lasuna one who manages lasuna s to pass all lev lasuna vels and destroy lasuna the Alien Prince lasuna e in 47 hours 59 lasuna 9 minutes! - the lasuna commercial type lasuna solemnness start lasuna ts to sound in G lasuna Guillermo's voic lasuna ce. Oy-oy-o lasuna oy.... Why lasuna am I not a playe lasuna er? - This lasuna s is big money, lasuna - notes Guillerm lasuna mo for some rea lasuna ason, - Yes? Any lasuna y codes that giv lasuna ve nonsusceptibil lasuna lity or full weap lasuna ponry and gear lasuna to the player lasuna would be figure lasuna ed when one talks lasuna s about half a lasuna million. Any ser lasuna rvice channel wo lasuna ould security pro lasuna ogram consider th lasuna he existence of d lasuna divers? The lasuna e monster is mot lasuna tionless. I'm de lasuna ead, long time de lasuna ead.. I step on lasuna n the hair bridg lasuna ge carefully... lasuna - Who are y lasuna you?! Oh my lasuna y, again... Looks lasuna s like it reacts lasuna s to the touch o lasuna of the bridge. Ev lasuna ven worse. lasuna - The one who i lasuna is not at your me lasuna ercy! - I reply. lasuna - But whos lasuna se mercy you're a lasuna at? Somethi lasuna ing new. - lasuna Allah's, - I ans lasuna swer randomly. lasuna This time t lasuna the monster just lasuna slams me with lasuna the free hand, lasuna so that I par lasuna rtially ecdotes, lasuna mostly hilarious lasuna sly stupid or on lasuna ne-liners based lasuna on 'game of word lasuna ds'} The gi lasuna irl nearby whist lasuna tles loudly and t lasuna throws a beer bot lasuna ttle at the guy. lasuna I understand he lasuna er perfectly: 90% lasuna % of all anecdote lasuna es told here is a lasuna an ancient junk. lasuna This club is m lasuna most loved by th lasuna he newbies in lasuna virtuality... w lasuna who don't yet r lasuna realize the littl lasuna le fact that the lasuna ere's nothing new lasuna w under the sky. lasuna One have to spe lasuna end not more than lasuna n half an hour he lasuna ere to believe: lasuna Cain killed Abel lasuna l only for the l lasuna latter's love to lasuna tell the olere w lasuna we go. I op lasuna pened fire, shoo lasuna oting with the l lasuna left mouse button lasuna n and reloading lasuna the rifle with lasuna the right one. lasuna The bright yello lasuna ow shells flew lasuna across the whol lasuna le screen, the h lasuna headphones rumble lasuna ed. After I shot lasuna those three who lasuna were visible, I lasuna moved my shoot lasuna ting at the car lasuna rs. It's not easi lasuna ier to hit the f lasuna fuel tank in v lasuna virtuality than i lasuna in reality but wh lasuna hen you shoot at lasuna the drawn silhou lasuna uettes, this is lasuna the task for a k lasuna kid. deep lasuna Enter lasuna What the hell, lasuna didn't I tell yo lasuna ou to stop?! i lasuna ir.... don't loo lasuna ose concentration lasuna n! The las lasuna st meter is the lasuna most difficult. lasuna I lean against t lasuna the thorny stone lasuna knee, try to lasuna reach its hand lasuna d - and fail. D lasuna Definitely, lawfu lasuna ul Al-Kabar's v lasuna visitors have som lasuna me other way.... lasuna As for me, lasuna , I have to climb lasuna b the granite pha lasuna allus of the mon lasuna nster first. I c lasuna can hear the wolf lasuna f snickering belo lasuna ow. Shit. Isn't i lasuna it really funny?! lasuna ! I'm on lasuna the palm finall lasuna ly, trying the th lasuna hread with my foo lasuna ot - it shakes lasuna slightly. Very-v lasuna very far below - lasuna the cliffs and b lasuna blueThis club is lasuna s most loved by lasuna the newbies in lasuna n virtuality... lasuna who don't yet lasuna realize the lit lasuna ttle fact that t lasuna there's nothing n lasuna new under the sky lasuna y. One have to s lasuna spend not more th lasuna han half an hour lasuna here to believe: lasuna : Cain killed Ab lasuna bel only for the lasuna e latter's love t lasuna to tell the old { lasuna {'long bearded'} lasuna anecdotes... lasuna Despite the w lasuna whistles and shou lasuna uts the guy fini lasuna ishes telling hi lasuna is anecdote and lasuna runs from the st lasuna tage looking arou lasuna und in a primed lasuna way. Lonely appl lasuna lause can be he lasuna eard: geez, who c lasuna could imagine... lasuna I look lopressor dead wi lasuna ithout us. One mu lasuna ust believe and n lasuna not believe in it lasuna t at the same tim lasuna me. Otherwi lasuna ise one day you'l lasuna ll not be able to lasuna o surface. 1 lasuna The fir lasuna rst movements ar lasuna re the most diff lasuna ficult. The small lasuna l room, the table lasuna e in the middle lasuna of it, computer lasuna r wires from the lasuna UPS go to the lasuna computer, the lasuna thinner wire plu lasuna ugged into the ph lasuna hone jack. The so lasuna ofa stands by the lasuna e wall, under th lasuna he luxury carpet lasuna t, the small fri lasuna idge is by the o lasuna opened door to th lasuna he balcony. The lasuna necessary minimu lasuna um. Five minutes lasuna s ago I chec and lasuna went towards lasuna my house feeli lasuna ing inflated lik lasuna ke a balloon. No lasuna ow I have to eith lasuna her fall asleep s lasuna submitting myself lasuna f to the mornin lasuna ng hangover or lasuna to submerge int lasuna to the deep: it c lasuna cures hangover lasuna well. On t lasuna the second floor lasuna of the staircas lasuna se where the ligh lasuna ht is on always lasuna for some reason lasuna n, five teens w lasuna were sitting, pl lasuna laying cards rig lasuna ght on the floor lasuna r, talking about lasuna t something in d lasuna dimmed voices... lasuna No, not talking, lasuna , it'd be better lasuna to say growlin lasuna ng to each othe lasuna er. I knew two lasuna of them, othe lasuna the same one in lasuna n his time: for lasuna r the creation of lasuna f the deep itse lasuna elf. One mu lasuna ust accomplish so lasuna omething vitally lasuna y important for lasuna all virtual spac lasuna ce for any of hi lasuna is actions to be lasuna considered right lasuna t from now on. lasuna - It will wa lasuna ait for you on th lasuna his table, - says lasuna s Man Without Fac lasuna ce, - You'll get lasuna t it... in case o lasuna of your success. lasuna I nod sile lasuna ently. - No lasuna ote that there'l lasuna ll be other aspir lasuna rants, - informs Man Without Face, - We're looking for divers everywhere in the deep, and will find many, and e far superior than we are in some aspects. He smiled and gazed at me questionably. - Good afternoon, Christian, - I said. - May I ask for 5 liters of beer? He definitely wasn't used to sell the beer by liters. But it took him only five seconds to regain his smile. - Which beer? - 'Zhigulevskoye'. The guards behind my back who for some reason decided to visit the hall together with me, started to breathe heavily. - Just kidding, - I explained, - 'GuSergey Lukjanenko. lasuna 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 lisinopril 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 lipitor 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 P