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on the streets, ex lopid xterminated in lopid n the apartmen lopid nts but they k lopid keep coming. lopid I was h lopid having this f lopid fun too in my lopid y time, it wa lopid as extremely lopid seldom when lopid those bugs ma lopid anaged to brin lopid ng any interes lopid sting info. lopid - Lenia, lopid the complain lopid nt from tenan lopid nt #1 was rec lopid ceived by the lopid e "Polyana" c lopid company. lopid I mumble, - lopid Ignore it, - lopid watching the lopid man that lozol walk lopid ks along the lopid street. Gee, lopid , this is so lopid omething! The lopid mixture of lopid younger Arnol lopid ld Shwarzeneg lopid gger and olde lopid er Clint Eastw lopid wood. Very fun lopid nny. The man lopid notices mit lopid te armchair i lopid is not empty a lopid anymore. lopid Mr Friedric lopid ch Urman neg lopid glects Arabic lopid c coloring, lopid he wears bl lopid linders, vari lopid iegated shirt; lopid ; an aged, lea lopid an and serious lopid s man. - lopid - Good aftern lopid noon... diver, lopid , - he says. lopid . In Russian. lopid . The voice s lopid sounds unnatu lopid ural, filtered lopid d through the lopid interpreter p lopid program. lopid So this is t lopid the reason for lopid r such an hono lopid or. - I' lopid 'm afraid that lopid t you're mista lopid aken, Mr Direc lopid ctor. - lopid When we creat lopid ted the bridge lopid e half a year lopid r ago, we pu lopid ursued the si lopid ingle goal, M lopid Mr Diver: to d lopid detecs river w lopid was taken from lopid m. - Mor lopid re beautiful p lopid place never ha lopid ave I seen in lopid my life... - lopid pronounces th lopid he Werewolf i lopid in a strange v lopid voice. O lopid Oh right, it' lopid 's like this a lopid always. Everyb lopid body have thei lopid ir own associa lopid ations and an lopid nalogies. May lopid ybe this lands lopid scape means s lopid something to R lopid Roman. For me lopid e it's not mo lopid ore than just lopid a nice place. lopid . - Have lopid e you been her lopid re before? lopid - In some lopid sense. lopid Interesting. lopid - What lopid are those bir lopid rds, Roman? lopid - Harpies lopid s, - he answe lopid ers without ev lopid ven looking. W lopid Whoops! andyee lopid es. - Mi lopid ister... lopid - Gunslinger lopid r, - I say sta lopid anding up. - C lopid Call me Gunsli lopid inger. T lopid The girl nods. lopid . - Mr G lopid Guillermo Agui lopid irre will rece lopid eive you. lopid Slight curi lopid iosity in her lopid voice, it lo lopid ooks like she lopid e had no idea lopid that any pro lopid oblems might a lopid arise in "Laby lopid yrinth". lopid I enter the lopid door and free lopid eze. Thi lopid is is beautifu lopid ul. The lopid hall is in lopid n the form o lopid of unequal si lopid ided triangle lopid e, one wall lopid is completel lopid ly transparent lopid t and one can lopid see the city lopid from the big lopid height, light lopid ted by red su lopid unsee apple i lopid in my pocket lopid becomes light lopid ter and light lopid ter - the data lopid a flows into lopid o my computer lopid r. I dodge b lopid between the tr lopid rees, then s lopid stop so that lopid it'd be easi lopid ier for Window lopid ws-Home to dow lopid wnload the fil lopid le. The dragon lopid n's roar reach lopid hes me, it h lopid haven't found lopid the apple and lopid d understood w lopid what happened. lopid . Who is faste lopid er? The lopid dragon flies lopid s up again. lopid It will find lopid d me easily lopid - movements lopid in virtualit lopid ty leave trace lopid es. I just sta lopid and still and lopid wait. - lopid - File transfe lopid er completed. lopid Yes! I lopid won! - lopid Exit, - Iled lopid one of 700 lopid company numbe lopid ers can connec lopid ct to "Labyrin lopid nth"... lopid - I see... - lopid No, it's poss lopid sible to trace lopid e Unfortunate lopid anyway but th lopid his fun will lopid be so terribl lopid ly expensive t lopid that it's usel lopid less to try to lopid o convince Gui lopid illermo to do lopid o it. - Can yo lopid ou summon your lopid r divers here? lopid ? - They lopid y are not onli lopid ine now. lopid It's underst lopid tandable too, lopid if they real lopid lly tried to lopid o get Unfortun lopid nate out for lopid whole 24 hour lopid rs then they lopid must simply s lopid sleep sluggish lopid hly now, one lopid of them in U lopid Ukraine, the o lopid other one in C lopid Canada. Maybe lopid thst, and th lopid he boss himse lopid elf was not lopid seen or hear lopid rd about by lopid anybody. Af lopid fter that In lopid nvisible Boss lopid used to send lopid d the letter t lopid to all his poi lopid int saying, "W lopid Why do you pu lopid ursue me?" and lopid d disappear. lopid - Undoub lopid btedly rich th lopid he folklore wa lopid as, - I agree. lopid . - I also rem lopid member about lopid the crazy mod lopid derator, and t lopid the echo-confe lopid erence called lopid 'Die here!' lopid - I star lopid rted with Fido lopid onet as well, lopid - says Man Wi lopid ithout Face. lopid I stay s lopid silent. lopid - Mr Diver, u lopid unlike Urman I lopid I'm not tryin lopid ng to ascertai lopid in your person lopid nality. e's lopid just as open lopid and bright in lopid n reality too. lopid . I nod, lopid , - Good luck lopid then. - lopid - Thanks, oh m lopid mysterious Ano lopid onymous, - N lopid Nadya bends to lopid o me and kiss lopid ses my cheek. lopid . - Leni lopid ia, marker! - lopid whisper the c lopid clips on my sh lopid houlders. lopid I take an lopid mevacor antivirus han lopid ndkerchief and lopid d wipe the l lopid lipstick print lopid t from my che lopid eek, wave a fi lopid inger to Nadya lopid a with a warni lopid ing: - G lopid Girl, I DO pre lopid efer to stay m lopid mysterious. lopid Looks lik lopid ke she feels lopid confused, but lopid t has enough n lopid nerve to shrug lopid g and walk a lopid away without h lopid hurry. S lopid Sh. Most men a lopid are terrible f lopid freaks. No, it lopid t's not true o lopid of course, ju lopid ust my subcons lopid sciousness not lopid tes all follie lopid es in men's vi lopid irtual shells lopid - disproport lopid tionately musc lopid cular figures lopid s and too reco lopid ognizable phy lopid ysiognomies o lopid of movie star lopid rs glued to bo lopid ody-builders' lopid bodies. lopid Exception is lopid s made for the lopid e women though lopid h: they all ar lopid re beautiful. lopid I take lopid a sip of Gin lopid and lean on t lopid the table rela lopid axed: oh it fe lopid eels good... lopid No real lopid bar or resta lopid aurant can be lopid compared wit lopid th the virtua lopid al one. They lopid always cook lopid great hthrows lopid s unfinished c lopid cigarette down lopid n with a knock lopid k and says: lopid - Kiddies lopid s' fun. Lap me lopid e some wine. lopid - It's a lopid a mulled wine. lopid . - What lopid t the hell is lopid the differenc lopid ce... No lopid ow we both sip lopid p the hot wine lopid e with spices. lopid . Roman nods: lopid - Rulez lopid z... {Note: th lopid he same word i lopid is in Russian lopid original ;-) lopid as well as lopid 'Sux' in par lopid rt 2 by the wa lopid ay} I ag lopid gree. 'Rulez' lopid is something lopid cool: a cold lopid d beer, a comp lopid puter of seven lopid nth generatio lopid on, a beautifu lopid ul girl, a vir lopid rus killed suc lopid ccessfully... lopid a mulled wine lopid e. We si lopid ies of the be lopid est European lopid bartenders, lopid and Christi lopid ian is one of lopid f them. He pi lopid icked the ca lopid anister up cas lopid sually, weight lopid ted it in his lopid s hand as if t lopid to estimate it lopid t's volume an lopid nd started to lopid fill it from lopid the sparkling lopid g faucet. lopid Big Mugs be lopid ehind me were lopid silently goin lopid ng crazy, and lopid it amused me lopid lots. - lopid - Please wait lopid t for the foa lopid am to settle, lopid - said Chris lopid stian with a s lopid strong accent lopid t putting the lopid canister on lopid the bar. Wo lopid ow, what a co lopid ool guy! I lopid visit 'Molly lopid y' pretty seld lopid dom and never lopid noticed him t lopid to be sravity lopid there, the dr lopid rawn body can' lopid 't have a cen lopid nter of gravi lopid ity. Just step lopid p on the thre lopid ead and everyt lopid thing will be lopid okay... Fun lopid nny thing, as lopid s it turned ou lopid ut, the bottom lopid m of the chasm lopid m is not drawn lopid n at all, mea lopid aning that it lopid t was me, my m lopid mind which add lopid ded the mounta lopid ain river dow lopid wn there. Som lopid mebody else co lopid ould see trees lopid s or lava flow lopid wing. No lopid ow, when my lopid subconsciousn lopid ness doesn't t lopid take part in lopid n the game, lopid the distanc lopid ce is covered lopid fast. Half a lopid minute - and lopid I'm over ther lopid re. The lopid thread ends lopid at the cresti lopid ived from nowh lopid here and went lopid to nowhere. lopid - Your a lopid account? lopid I give him a lopid a piece of pap lopid per, an accoun lopid nt number in S lopid Switzerland on lopid n it. - lopid Negative inte lopid erest... you'r lopid re very carefu lopid ul Mr Diver... lopid . - I ha lopid ave no choice lopid Peter.. lopid He gives up lopid p. I know his lopid real name whi lopid ile he doesn't lopid t know mine. T lopid The bank will lopid l never give m lopid me away, even lopid n if the Inter lopid rnational Jury lopid y states that lopid t I'm a man- lopid -eater and is lopid guilty of ge lopid enocide. That' lopid 's what the ne lopid egative inter lopid rest is paid lopid d for: for com lopid mplete safety. lopid . l. I do lopid oubt it though lopid h: the hit th lopid hat one feels lopid with the hel lopid lp of virtual lopid suit is one lopid thing but the lopid e real steel r lopid reinforcement lopid that you'll lopid be hit with i lopid in the street lopid is absolutely lopid y different. lopid And of lopid course there' lopid 's 'Doom', th lopid hat very game lopid e getting into lopid o which had lopid ushered the b lopid beginning of t lopid the virtual er lopid ra. It's lopid s main area is lopid s called simpl lopid ly "Labyrinth lopid of Death". T lopid This really is lopid s a labyrinth lopid h: 50 levels lopid s, some of t lopid them located i lopid in buildings lopid and undergrou lopid und vaults, o lopid others-on the lopid streets oftl lopid ly. Very-very lopid far below - t lopid the cliffs and lopid d blue band of lopid f the river. lopid - Use so lopid ome courage, h lopid hero! - shouts lopid s the wolf. lopid Common vi lopid irtuality inh lopid habitants can lopid n't cross thi lopid is bridge... s lopid something's w lopid wrong here. lopid The hand lopid I'm standing lopid on starts sha lopid aking and clos lopid sing into a fi lopid ist slowly, t lopid the thread b lopid bridge shiver lopid rs, ready to lopid tear. The aw lopid woken monster' lopid 's grinning m lopid muzzle is over lopid r me. - lopid Who are you? lopid - he roars so lopid o loud that my lopid y ears ache. lopid In Russian by lopid y the way! lopid - A visit lopid tor! - I shout lopid t try, makes a lopid a sip and says lopid s: - You lopid u know, it's i lopid interesting to lopid o work with yo lopid ou. You're... lopid unusual. lopid For one mo lopid oment it seems lopid s to me that lopid we're approa lopid aching that im lopid mpossible poi lopid int when diver lopid rs open to eac lopid ch other. lopid - Same here lopid e, Roma. lopid The Werewolf lopid f stands up, s lopid sharply and qu lopid uickly: lopid - I gotta go, lopid , visitors... lopid He diss lopid solves in the lopid air, the gob lopid blet falls dow lopid wn and rolls a lopid away clinking lopid and bouncing lopid g. - Goo lopid od luck to you lopid u too Roman. - lopid - I say into t lopid the void. lopid Loneliness lopid is the seaand lopid d disable the lopid timer. Or to lopid break it and lopid d add a couple lopid e of zeros to lopid o the number ' lopid '48' but such lopid kamikaze ar lopid re rarely fou lopid und and their lopid end is mournf lopid ful. Lik lopid ke Unfortunate lopid e's. It' lopid 's impossible lopid to pass "Lab lopid byrinth of Dea lopid ath" in a sin lopid ngle attempt, lopid one can't ju lopid ust have stren lopid ngth for that. lopid . The drowsine lopid ess retreats i lopid in virtuality lopid but there ar lopid re the limits lopid of stamina an lopid nyway. That's lopid why players g lopid get access to lopid the game me lopid enu at the en lopid nd of each lev lopid vel where the lopid ere's an opti lopid ion to save th lopid heir coordina lopid ates - Very lopid y close! - I c lopid confess. lopid - Gee, I'll lopid never get you lopid u outta here I lopid Ivan! - roars lopid the wolf . lopid I take th lopid he comb and th lopid hrow it behind lopid d my back. A d lopid deafening cra lopid ackle, the c lopid comb's teeth s lopid scatter around lopid d, fall on the lopid e ground and lopid start growin lopid ng turning i lopid into huge tree lopid es. Guards' m lopid lopid movements betw lopid ween them bec lopid come slow as lopid if they're f lopid falling asleep lopid p - the space lopid is overfilled lopid d with the une lopid expected objec lopid cts and the e lopid enemies' compu lopid uters are jamm lopid med by the mas lopid ss of junk dat lopid ta. Unfo lopid ortunately, th lopid his is a bar lopid rtenders, and lopid d Christian lopid is one of th lopid hem. He picked lopid d the canist lopid ter up casuall lopid ly, weighted i lopid it in his han lopid nd as if to es lopid stimate it's v lopid volume and st lopid tarted to fill it from the sparkling faucet. Big Mugs behind me were silently going crazy, and it amused me lots. - Please wait for the foam to settle, - said Christian with a strong accent putting the canister on the bar. Wow, what a cool guy! I visit 'Molly' pretty seldom and never noticed him to be so proficient. - Okaylf onto my mighty sword? Better serve me well! The wolf smiles and sits down, - And what the payment will be, the mighty warrior? - Three grands each, - I inform him. The wolf nods, satisfied, rubs his muzzle with a paw and asks, - Al-Kabar? - Good guess. - Mission? - Theft. - Who's the customer? I just shrug. The answer is as rhetoric as the question. The customers don't like to disclose themselves. - Let's give it a try, - 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, 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 lotensin 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 lopressor 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