| confuse you any more.
avodart Another tr avodart rick is how the avodart e names are for avodart rmed n general. avodart . In particular avodart r, the
concept avodart t of the middl avodart le name in Rus avodart ssia. It is not avodart t 'given', but avodart rather is the
avodart
father's name avodart e. To be used avodart d as a middle n avodart name, special avodart endings are at avodart ttached:
-ovic avodart ch, -evich for avodart r man's middle avodart e name (yeah, avodart they are gend avodart der specific!) avodart ),
-ovna, evna avodart a for female's avodart middle name.
avodart
Examples: avodart : Petrovich Ale avodart ekseevcalm down avodart n, it even see avodart ems that
the g avodart grains of san avodart nd sting the ey avodart yes. This is no avodart ot the helmet's avodart s' or what?
avodart - I heard avodart that one diver avodart r... - I look avodart ked aside, - avodart Mutters the st avodart tupid
rhyme.
avodart
- Which o avodart one?
- Ab avodart byss-abyss, I'm avodart m not yours.
avodart - And that avodart t's it?
- avodart - Sometimes he avodart adds: "Abyss, avodart let me ys usef avodart ful to remember avodart r new faces. B avodart But what for, I avodart I know well
en avodart nough that I ne avodart ever met her be avodart efore...
avodart - I was wear avodart ring different avodart faces, - look avodart ks like the gi avodart irl guesses m avodart my cialis jelly
thoughts, - avodart - while you alw avodart ways wear the s avodart same one.
avodart - Changing f avodart faces is too e avodart expensive, - I avodart I begin mysive avodart e context.
avodart ... and so avodart on. No more fo avodart orms are used i avodart in the book, so avodart o I'd better avodart not
confuse y avodart you any more.
avodart
Another t avodart trick is how th avodart he names are fo avodart ormed n general avodart l. In particula avodart ar, the
concep avodart pt of the midd avodart dle name in Ru avodart ussia. It is no avodart ot 'given', but avodart t rather is the avodart e
father's nam avodart me. To be use avodart ed as a middle avodart name, special avodart l endings are a avodart attached:
-ovi avodart ich, -evich fo avodart or man's middl avodart le name (yeah, avodart , they are gen avodart nder specific! avodart !),
-ovna, evn avodart na for female's avodart s middle name.
avodart
Examples avodart s: Petrovich Al avodart lekseevcalm dow avodart wn, it even se avodart eems that
the avodart grains of sa avodart and sting the e avodart eyes. This is n avodart not the helmet' avodart 's merit anymo avodart ore
but my bra avodart ain feels what avodart I should have avodart been feeling i avodart in the real des avodart sert..
Th avodart he statue stea avodart adily comes cl avodart loser and becom avodart mes more and m avodart more real. The
avodart
horned head avodart with grinning avodart g mug, the han avodart nds bulging wit avodart th stone muscle avodart es. Some
kind avodart of evil genie avodart possibly, I' avodart 'm too weak in avodart n Arabic mytho avodart ology. The thi avodart in
thread is h avodart held by the mon avodart nster's left ha avodart and.
The avodart horsehair brid avodart dge.
I st avodart tard the
enemi avodart ies' computers avodart are jammed by avodart the mass of ju avodart unk data.
avodart Unfortunately avodart y, this is an avodart n old trick an avodart nd there's plen avodart nty of methods avodart to
fight it. avodart Most guards ma avodart anage to narro avodart ow the field of avodart f vision or to avodart drop image
de avodart etails, passin avodart ng the dangero avodart ous place succe avodart essfully. To b avodart be exact, not avodart t the
guards t avodart themselves did avodart d that but t avodart their deep-prog avodart grams. Those s avodart stopped were
avodart
mostly enthusi avodart iastic amateurs avodart s pursuing us j avodart just for fun.
avodart
- Oh Iv avodart van, my streng avodart gth is exhaust avodart ted! - screams avodart the wolf. ws avodart s a coin at th avodart he bar, - I hav avodart ve
half an hou avodart ur more today a avodart and should visi avodart it a couple mor avodart re places.
avodart - In search avodart of Dibenko? avodart - I nod, - B avodart But maybe it's avodart better to... avodart you
know, a w avodart warm sand, a Ha avodart awaiian beach a avodart and some Chilea avodart an Red [wine]?
avodart
Nadya sm avodart miles:
- avodart This won't be avodart avodart work anymore avodart Lenia. The ev avodart vening beach an avodart nd the wine...
avodart
then I'll wan avodart nt continuatio avodart on. But virtu avodart ual sex is fun avodart nny only if you avodart u're at
home, avodart , behind the ti avodart ightly shut doo avodart or. I connected avodart d from work: s avodart six computers i avodart in
one ugh... avodart . the sky becom avodart mes lighter.
avodart And I want avodart t to sleep so m avodart much! The head avodart is aching of e avodart excess informat avodart tion.
I p avodart pulled off the avodart virtual suit. avodart Man, does it s avodart stink of sweat, avodart , it requires
avodart
cleaning for avodart a long time b avodart by now... Then avodart n I plopped do avodart own on the sofa avodart a. Good
that I avodart I didn't do the avodart e bed yesterday avodart y. How farsight avodart ted have I beco avodart ome...
Fo avodart or three years avodart already, I sup avodart ppose.
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avodart
It wa avodart as a quarter be avodart efore one when avodart I woke up. The avodart e TV set that avodart turned on
at avodart t 10 was mutter cialis avodart ring quietly. U avodart Unpow I wiped t avodart them with a shi avodart irt that was
s avodart scattered on th avodart he chair, sat avodart t by the compu avodart uter, checked avodart the cable of avodart f the
virtual avodart l suit that co avodart onnects it with avodart h the computer avodart r's deep-board. avodart . The suit was
avodart
working, slig avodart ghtly slowing d avodart down my movemen avodart nts as if I was avodart s walking on th avodart he sand.
The avodart left leg was avodart s slowed down a avodart a bit more tha avodart an the right o avodart one: the progra avodart am
glitches ag avodart gain. Ah well, avodart I'll fix it la avodart ater.
Put avodart tting the hel avodart lmet on is the avodart e same as to e avodart enter the hot avodart oven. Those
avodart
Al-Kabar's fo avodart ouls surrounde avodart eon.
Sure avodart e, any hacker avodart always has j avodart just one questi avodart ion. They thin avodart nk that it's
p avodart possible to ask avodart k something aft avodart ter which all d avodart divers' mysteri avodart ies become clea avodart ar.
- Wel avodart ll?
-What avodart t does the dive avodart er do when he d avodart decides to exit avodart t virtuality, j avodart just thinks
li avodart ike 'I want to avodart return to real avodart lity' or what?
avodart
- I hea avodart ard that one di avodart iver... - I l avodart looked aside, avodart - Mutters the avodart e stupid
rhyme avodart e.
- Whic avodart ch one?
- avodart - Abyss-abyss, avodart I'm not yours. avodart .
- And t avodart that's it?
avodart - Sometimes avodart he adds: "Abys avodart ss, let me ys u avodart useful to remem avodart mber new faces avodart s. But what for avodart r, I know well
avodart
enough that I avodart I never met her avodart r before...
avodart - I was w avodart wearing differe avodart ent faces, - l avodart looks like the avodart girl guesses avodart s my
thoughts avodart s, - while you avodart always wear th avodart he same one.
avodart - Changing avodart g faces is to avodart oo expensive, avodart - I begin my avodart self-humiliati avodart ion, -
It's st avodart tupid to botch avodart h up Schwartze avodart enegger or Stal avodart llone from you avodart urself, and I
avodart
can't afford avodart hiring the ima avodart age specialist. avodart .
- The D avodart Deep itself is avodart expensive enou avodart ugh.
She avodart calls virtuali avodart ity witrganizat avodart tion of the blo avodart ock.
- Vi avodart ika, merge.
avodart I'm kinda b avodart being pulled in avodart nto the shadow, avodart , now this body avodart y is the main o avodart one.
The avodart one already al avodart llowed to step avodart on the bridge. avodart .
The vi avodart ictory is Pyr avodart rrhic though. T avodart The guard repo avodart orted about the avodart e visitor
that avodart t tries to cros avodart ss the bridge. avodart This means I'l avodart ll be warmly we avodart elcomed there.
avodart
The sing avodart gle that tries avodart to fight the c avodart crowd is doome avodart ed, in any spac avodart ce, even
virtu avodart ual one.
avodart Well, nothing avodart else to do. It avodart t's time to go. avodart ... along the h avodart hair bridge.
avodart are gender s avodart specific too. T avodart To
women's for avodart rm the ending - avodart -a is usually avodart attached: Kal avodart lmykov for me avodart e becomes
Kal avodart lmykova for my avodart Mother, as opp avodart posed to her ma avodart aiden name whi avodart ich is Cellariu avodart us -
not origi avodart inally Russian avodart one and as suc avodart ch not gender s avodart specific.
avodart There's much avodart h more about R avodart Russian 'naming avodart g system', bu avodart ut I think it avodart t's
enough sa avodart aid here in or avodart rder to a). to avodart otally confuse avodart e an unaccustom avodart med Western
re avodart eader, and b). avodart to explain th avodart he names in th avodart he novel for th avodart hose who manage avodart ed to
overcome avodart e the confusi avodart modem. I need avodart d a quiet nigh avodart ht, let all mai avodart il wait
until avodart the morning. I avodart It's already 3: avodart :30 am though.. avodart .. the sky beco avodart omes lighter.
avodart
And I wan avodart nt to sleep so avodart much! The head avodart d is aching of avodart excess informa avodart ation.
I avodart pulled off the avodart e virtual suit. avodart . Man, does it avodart stink of sweat avodart t, it requires
avodart
cleaning for avodart a long time avodart by now... The avodart en I plopped d avodart down on the sof avodart faure of Urman avodart n's shirt becom avodart mes rough. But avodart I manage
to avodart reach my toys avodart on the table avodart and grab the avodart e handkerchief. avodart . These person avodart nal
hygiene th avodart hingies a This avodart can go forever avodart r, but I have n avodart no time for gam avodart mes now... I ge avodart et into the
ca avodart ar, the driver avodart r, a smiling gu avodart uy with the pe avodart erfect hairdo d avodart dressed in star avodart rched
shirt, avodart turns to me. avodart I prefer this avodart type of drive avodart ers: well train avodart ned and brief
avodart
ones.
- avodart Deep-Transit C avodart Company is glad avodart d to welcome yo avodart ou!
He do avodart oesn't say the avodart name - the pro avodart ogram stopped t avodart the taxi anonym avodart mously.
- avodart - How will you avodart pay?
- L avodart Like this, - I avodart say getting t avodart the revolver ou avodart ut of my pocket avodart t and hit the
avodart
guy on the te avodart emple really h avodart hard.ve of the avodart handkerchief, avodart , slow as if avodart underwater, a avodart and the shiny
avodart
plane of light avodart t cuts through avodart the falling as avodart sleep pavilion' avodart 's little world avodart d. Some
people avodart e call this avodart program "the avodart sticker", ot avodart thers - "the avodart road". Both avodart h
definitions avodart are true. The avodart program search avodart hes for someon avodart ne else's commu avodart unication
chan avodart nnels and start avodart ts using them f avodart for its own ben avodart nefit.
Ve avodart ery-very new, r avodart rare and almost avodart t faultless pro avodart ogram.
A avodart part of the avodart wall ruins, avodart opening the avodart exit out to avodart the street.
avodart
Obviously, I avodart - I growl int avodart to the void ang avodart grily, - Now!
avodart
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avodart The most vex avodart xing is that I avodart I don't want to avodart o sleep at all: avodart : it was too lu avodart ucky
day proba avodart ably.
I r avodart return to the r avodart restaurant. So avodart ome guests have avodart e left, some n avodart new ones have
avodart
arrived, an Am avodart merican crowd s avodart still laughs at avodart t their jokes.
avodart
I need a avodart a walk.
I avodart I leave 'Three avodart Piglets', hesi avodart itate for a mom avodart ment: should I avodart stop the cab? avodart ?
- then decid avodart de to walk. I e avodart eventually lea avodart ave the central avodart l streets and avodart approach
Russ avodart sian blocks. In avodart n my opinion, t avodart this is one A p avodart pause again. I avodart I'm anonymous a avodart and it's risky avodart y to let me int avodart to unpleasant
avodart
sides of the C avodart Company's life avodart but Guillermo avodart has a 'good no avodart ose' for troubl avodart les and
method avodart ds of overcomin avodart ng them.
avodart - You'll s avodart sign a single-t avodart time contract? avodart - his tone be avodart ecomes quick avodart and
business- avodart -like.
- avodart Yes.
- C avodart Complete nondis avodart sclosure of th avodart he situation, avodart - he adds, avodart - with all
avodart
possible penal avodart lties.
- avodart Yes...
- avodart - Please Gunsli avodart inger, - he poi avodart ints at his tab avodart ble. I pad clo avodart oser being sure
that it'll be now ce the Moscow Convention that resigned with the inevitable and legalized
the production of nonfatal viruses, he specializes in making them. His
viruses are excellent, capable of freezing any computer, but never
destroying the data.
But Maniac called in three minutes.
- Visited Al-Kabar, huh? - asked he in a honey sweet voice.
- Yes. - it made no sense to lie, - You managed it so fast?
- I didn't manage it. This is my virus, buddy.
I couldn't fin your computer, - whispers Vika sleepily.
Good night to you, the most loyal of my friends... I turned the power
switch and turned off the modem. I need a quiet night, let all mail wait
until the cardura morning. It's already 3:30 am though... the sky becomes lighter.
And I want to sleep so much! The head is casodex aching of excess information.
I pulled off the virtual suit. Man, does it stink of sweat, it requires
cleaning for a long time by now... Then I plopped down on the sofaure of Urman's shirt becomes rough. But I manage
to reach my toys on the table and grab the handkerchief. These personal
hygiene thingies are very useful.
One wave of the handkerchief, slow as if underwater, and the shiny
plane of light cuts through the falling asleep pavilion's little world. Some
people call this program "the sticker", others - "the road". Both
definitions are true. The program searches for someone else's communication
channels and starts usinSergey 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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