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These zebeta are shortcuts, zebeta program launche zebeta ers which I'll n zebeta need soon. zebeta - Here is the p zebeta plan, - I decide zebeta e. - I'll cross zebeta s the bridge alon zebeta ne. Then I'll br zebeta ring out the trop zebeta phies and we take zebeta e to our heels. zebeta - The decis zebeta sion is yours, - zebeta agrees the wolf. zebeta . I walk on zebeta n the sand, the h zebeta hot wind doesn't zebeta calm down, it e zebeta even seems that zebeta the grains of zebeta sand sting the e zebeta eyes. This is not zebeta t the helmet's me zebeta erit a bit old fa zebeta ashioned tie, the zebeta e face a bit stra zebeta ained. - Hi zebeta i Romka {Roman}. zebeta Have a sit. zebeta - Who's the gi zebeta irl? - Noth zebeta hing interesting. zebeta . We divers zebeta s are always para zebeta anoid slightly, i zebeta it can't be helpe zebeta ed. Too man zebeta ny people want to zebeta o know our real n zebeta names. 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In a co zebeta ouple of minutes zebeta s we leave the zebeta forest. The yell zebeta low sand is under zebeta r the feet now. zebeta It's very hot, a zebeta and wind blows mt zebeta the headphones ru zebeta umbled. After I s zebeta shot those three zebeta who were visible zebeta e, I moved my s zebeta shooting at the zebeta cars. It's not zebeta easier to hit th zebeta he fuel tank i zebeta in virtuality th zebeta han in reality bu zebeta ut when you shoot zebeta t at the drawn si zebeta ilhouettes, this zebeta is the task for zebeta r a kid. de zebeta eep Enter zebeta What the he zebeta ell, didn't I tel zebeta ll you to stop?! zebeta - Stop! - zebeta I shout to the d zebeta driver. He zebeta stops right bef zebeta fore the burning zebeta cars and turns zebeta around. 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Ah yes.. new. zebeta - It's a ba zebeta ad form to put on zebeta n appearances of zebeta f famous people, zebeta and also the si zebeta ign ofsy with a zebeta an extremely impo zebeta ortant task of ca zebeta alculation of PI zebeta number with a zebeta million digits zebeta precision. They zebeta even have no res zebeta sources left to e zebeta eject the operat zebeta tors from virtua zebeta ality. Very good zebeta d, let them lie i zebeta in the deep for zebeta r a while instea zebeta ad of changing th zebeta he computers. zebeta - Not ethical zebeta l... - mutters Wi zebeta indows-Home dolef zebeta fully. I ru zebeta ush along the ba zebeta and. The channel zebeta is excellent, I' zebeta 'm above the wall zebeta l in a couple zebeta of seconds. The zebeta e band under my zebeta feet pushes me zebeta forward. I laug zebeta gh loudly and lo zebeta ook back. g to zebeta offer my service zebeta es in solving th zebeta his problem. zebeta The secretary zebeta nods. - On zebeta ne moment please. zebeta . She stand zebeta ds up without a h zebeta hurry and enters zebeta one of the inner zebeta r doors. I wait zebeta patiently. Ever zebeta rything is very zebeta y cute and pat zebeta triarchal: no co zebeta omputers, no mo zebeta onsters. It's not zebeta t the office of t zebeta the most expensiv zebeta ve and dreadful r zebeta ride in the hist zebeta zestril tory but a small zebeta toilet paper sal zebeta les firm. T zebeta The girl is away zebeta for long, I get zebeta tired of standi zebeta ing and sit into zebeta one of armchair zebeta rs, browse thro zebeta ough newspapers v zebeta ved by the newbi zebeta ies in virtuali zebeta ity... who don't zebeta t yet realize t zebeta the little fact t zebeta that there's not zebeta thing new under t zebeta the sky. One have zebeta e to spend not m zebeta more than half an zebeta n hour here to be zebeta elieve: Cain kil zebeta lled Abel only fo zebeta or the latter's zebeta love to tell the zebeta e old {'long bear zebeta rded'} anecdotes. zebeta ... Despite zebeta e the whistles an zebeta nd zocor shouts the gu zebeta uy finishes telli zebeta ing his anecdote zebeta e and runs from zebeta the stage lookin zebeta ng around in a primed way. Lonely applause can be heard: geez, who could imagine... I look around for the bar, itSergey 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 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 zebeta 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 P