| The wolf smiles and sits down, - And wha wellbutrin SR at the payment will be, the
mi wellbutrin SR ighty warrior?
- Three gr wellbutrin SR rands each, - I inform him.
wellbutrin SR The wolf nods, satisfied, wellbutrin SR , rubs his muzzle with a paw wellbutrin SR w and asks, -
Al-Kabar?
wellbutrin SR - Good guess.
- Missio wellbutrin SR on?
- Theft.
- Who' wellbutrin SR 's the customer?
I just s wellbutrin SR shrug. The answer is as rhetor wellbutrin SR ric as the question. The custom wellbutrin SR mers
don't like to disclose th wellbutrin SR hemselves.
- Let's give i wellbutrin SR it a try, - decides the wolf, - wellbutrin SR - Are you ready?
- Quite. wellbutrin SR .
Vika.
The rainbow be wellbutrin SR efore my eyes, greedy flaming o wellbutrin SR of the fiery wave, the deep.
wellbutrin SR I'm sitting in the tiny r wellbutrin SR room: the bed, the table with t wellbutrin SR the computer on
it, not mine wellbutrin SR but absolutely abstract one, wellbutrin SR the door. "Journey Start" Hot wellbutrin SR tel.
Those Deeptown inhabitan wellbutrin SR nts who just occasionally visit wellbutrin SR t the Deep rent rooms
here fo wellbutrin SR or cheap.
- Is everything wellbutrin SR g okay, Lenia?
- Yes.
wellbutrin SR I open the door and lea wellbutrin SR ave. There's the long corrido wellbutrin SR or with doors
outside, by on wellbutrin SR ne of those stands Sylvesctly t wellbutrin SR to
the door. In a moment befor wellbutrin SR re the impact the door flies op wellbutrin SR pen letting us in.
It's r wellbutrin SR really a warehouse.
Lots wellbutrin SR of shelves along the walls, b wellbutrin SR boxes with colorful labels of wellbutrin SR famous
manufacturers. Tons o wellbutrin SR of good merchandise. This place wellbutrin SR e is either an office of
the wellbutrin SR big dealer or the thieves' hid wellbutrin SR ding, which seems to be more li wellbutrin SR ikely.
The doors are unbl wellbutrin SR locked already, now the car's f wellbutrin SR function is performed by
the w wellbutrin SR walls of this building. I still wellbutrin SR l have no connection to Vika.
wellbutrin SR
- So? - I the certain to wellbutrin SR opics, this is the echo of
wellbutrin SR
pre-virtual age. More serious wellbutrin SR s clubs are located further, w wellbutrin SR where one can get
an advice o wellbutrin SR on technical questions, to a wellbutrin SR argue about software or even wellbutrin SR buy
pirated programs cheap. wellbutrin SR All that is of a little intere wellbutrin SR est for me.
I enter the l wellbutrin SR little park with the plate 'A wellbutrin SR Anecdotes' on the gates. This
wellbutrin SR
place is always crowded, noi wellbutrin SR isy and messy. This park looks wellbutrin SR s very much like
'People's cu wellbutrin SR ulture park' of the 60's. The wellbutrin SR little orchestra is playing in wellbutrin SR n therequests to... There was wellbutrin SR no virtuality back then though wellbutrin SR h... The legend told
that som wellbutrin SR metimes the newbies managed to wellbutrin SR find a very good boss for the wellbutrin SR emselves,
who provided the net wellbutrin SR twork access at any time, high wellbutrin SR transfer rate, connection
to wellbutrin SR o any club... those were called wellbutrin SR d echo-conferences at that time wellbutrin SR e.
I nod automatically.
wellbutrin SR
- And everything was fi wellbutrin SR ine usually, - looks like M wellbutrin SR Man Without Face
haven't noti wellbutrin SR iced my negligence, - until one wellbutrin SR e of the points found out that wellbutrin SR t the
phone number that differ wellbutrin SR rent.
- Very-very bad l wellbutrin SR level, - says Willy. - Hard. Th wellbutrin SR his is the beginning:
'Russi wellbutrin SR ian Hills' {roller coaster}. wellbutrin SR This is... - he puts his ha wellbutrin SR and on the
keyboard and the p wellbutrin SR picture slides a little aside, wellbutrin SR - a Grabber Demon. Bad!
wellbutrin SR Gee, as if good demons ever ca wellbutrin SR ame out of "Labyrinth" creators wellbutrin SR s' minds...
- This is him wellbutrin SR m... - one more touching the ke wellbutrin SR eys, - Unfortunate.
Guill wellbutrin SR lermo keeps silent, not for the wellbutrin SR wellbutrin SR eatrical pause - it's nothing u wellbutrin SR unusual
on the screen. He's ju wellbutrin SR ust thinking.
full speed forw wellbutrin SR ward!
Those two guards r wellbutrin SR run to intercept me, both w wellbutrin SR with swords, but I've
unshea wellbutrin SR athed my own already. Whose vir wellbutrin SR rus is faster and more agile?
wellbutrin SR
Mine.
This is the wellbutrin SR gift from Maniac, my friend a wellbutrin SR computer virus specialist.
wellbutrin SR
The deadly gift - the air unde wellbutrin SR er my sword takes fire and hits wellbutrin SR s the guards with
a dragon b wellbutrin SR belch. They burn in an insta wellbutrin SR ant turning into charcoal b wellbutrin SR black
carcasses.
Maniac wellbutrin SR really does love cool effect wellbutrin SR ts. Now the guards' computers wellbutrin SR aree has
absolutely 'impene wellbutrin SR etrable' expression, he stands wellbutrin SR motionless like a statue. Is
wellbutrin SR
he a human or not? It's f wellbutrin SR foolish to ask, at least b wellbutrin SR because one can't
distinguish wellbutrin SR well made program from a hu wellbutrin SR uman at once. I pass the guard wellbutrin SR and
find myself in a small wellbutrin SR hall. The bright sunlight be wellbutrin SR eams through windows,
small wellbutrin SR tables and soft armchairs sta wellbutrin SR and along the walls. More soli wellbutrin SR id table is
in the center of t wellbutrin SR the hall, a smiling girl sits b wellbutrin SR by it: the secretary and most
wellbutrin SR
likely live one.
-ng...
wellbutrin SR
A-haaa... no questions.
wellbutrin SR
I look at the booth to wellbutrin SR oo: the moderator's hiding plac wellbutrin SR ce. Every club has
the person wellbutrin SR who watches the talks to corr wellbutrin SR respond to the declared topic wellbutrin SR c. The
question is though: is wellbutrin SR moderator on duty now or will wellbutrin SR react later?
He's here.
wellbutrin SR
The booth's door opens wellbutrin SR and the sturdy man emerges fro wellbutrin SR om inside lazily,
holding th wellbutrin SR he pretty sinister looking de wellbutrin SR evice in his hands. The Balti wellbutrin SR ic guy
notices him and starts wellbutrin SR chattering
really fast: - .. wellbutrin SR .. hard drives:ut instead of h wellbutrin SR his face - a gray haze like wellbutrin SR condensed fog. Such
tricks a wellbutrin SR are forbidden in the city but o wellbutrin SR one can do that at home, but w wellbutrin SR what for?
If one wants not to wellbutrin SR be recognizable, it's possible wellbutrin SR e to pick the standard face
fr wellbutrin SR rom Windows-Home set: it's the wellbutrin SR hell of those there, while the wellbutrin SR e missing face
with such unus wellbutrin SR sual
dress is just stupid. Bu wellbutrin SR ut looks impressive nevertheles wellbutrin SR ss.
- Semen, leave us, - wellbutrin SR says Man Without Face.
T wellbutrin SR The driver nods, turns around wellbutrin SR d and leaves somewhere into t wellbutrin SR the s May I ask for 5 liters wellbutrin SR of
beer?
He definitely wellbutrin SR y wasn't used to sell the beer wellbutrin SR by liters. But it took him
wellbutrin SR
only five seconds to regain hi wellbutrin SR is smile.
- Which beer?
wellbutrin SR
- 'Zhigulevskoye'.
wellbutrin SR The guards behind my back who wellbutrin SR for some reason decided to vis wellbutrin SR sit the hall
together with me, wellbutrin SR , started to breathe heavily.
wellbutrin SR
- Just kidding, - I expla wellbutrin SR ained, - 'Guinness' of course, wellbutrin SR - And I gave the
canister to wellbutrin SR Christian.
Self control wellbutrin SR seems nicotinell to be one of the most wellbutrin SR t important qualities ofirl si wellbutrin SR its by it: the secretary and mo wellbutrin SR ost
likely live one.
- G wellbutrin SR Good afternoon, - I say.
wellbutrin SR The secretary's face changes a wellbutrin SR a little.
- Good afternoo wellbutrin SR on, - she replies. The voice is wellbutrin SR s soft and nice, looks like
I wellbutrin SR was switched to Russian employ wellbutrin SR yee.
- I need to meet wit wellbutrin SR th the management, - I begin wi wellbutrin SR ithout ceremonies.
- Plea wellbutrin SR ase be more specific if possibl wellbutrin SR le.
The girl is the cou wellbutrin SR urtesy itself but it's not easi wellbutrin SR ier to break through
her barr wellbutrin SR rier than through the monster b wellbutrin SR by Al-Kabar's be to
try to mak wellbutrin SR ke a translation like this. It wellbutrin SR t was my love to this book onl wellbutrin SR ly that
made me to venture int wellbutrin SR to this adventure. ;-) I was ho wellbutrin SR oping that this novel is
real wellbutrin SR lly worth your kind attention ( wellbutrin SR (despite my ugly
English?).
wellbutrin SR
2). Some opinions expre wellbutrin SR essed in this book by the wellbutrin SR main or other
characters, wellbutrin SR as well as some words/terms us wellbutrin SR sed, might be considered offen wellbutrin SR nsive
to some Western readers. wellbutrin SR . In fact, one such situation wellbutrin SR was even showed closer
to th wellbutrin SR he end of the novel itself. wellbutrin SR . Thand he ceases to move.
wellbutrin SR nirdosh Freezing. It's over. My wellbutrin SR friend have left the game - wellbutrin SR - he's at home
already, takes wellbutrin SR s off his virtual helmet, and h wellbutrin SR his exact copy stands before t wellbutrin SR the
dragon - with all stolen p wellbutrin SR programs... in case he had any, wellbutrin SR , of course.
The dragon h wellbutrin SR hits him with his paw gently a wellbutrin SR and it scatters down in icy
wellbutrin SR
fragments. All three heads bo wellbutrin SR ow down to him, searching for t wellbutrin SR the stolen apple.
I'm run wellbutrin SR nning away.
The apple in wellbutrin SR n my pocket becomes lighter a wellbutrin SR and lighter - the data f the l wellbutrin SR letter to all his point saying, wellbutrin SR , "Why do you
pursue me?" and wellbutrin SR disappear.
- Undoubtedly wellbutrin SR y rich the folklore was, - I ag wellbutrin SR gree. - I also remember about
wellbutrin SR
the crazy moderator, and the e wellbutrin SR echo-conference called 'Die her wellbutrin SR re!'
- I started with Fid wellbutrin SR donet as well, - says Man Witho wellbutrin SR out Face.
I stay silent.
wellbutrin SR
- Mr Diver, unlike Urman wellbutrin SR n I'm not trying to ascertain wellbutrin SR your personality.
But you k wellbutrin SR know what the funniest thing wellbutrin SR is? We both need you for the wellbutrin SR e same
purpose.
- To cap wellbutrin SR pture the Lost r solved: virtua wellbutrin SR ality had come.
Now I dot wellbutrin SR t the "i's".
One of the b wellbutrin SR bandits is still alive. His fou wellbutrin SR ul language is so colorful and
wellbutrin SR
intricate that his national o wellbutrin SR origin is obvious. The player' wellbutrin SR 's face is covered
with blood, wellbutrin SR , one hand is partially ripped wellbutrin SR off, with the other one he tri wellbutrin SR ies to
reach the first-aid s wellbutrin SR set. Only 5% of strength had l wellbutrin SR left in him but the set
would wellbutrin SR d save him.
I pad closer, wellbutrin SR , he notices me, jerks and shou wellbutrin SR uts:
- Who? Who are you, wellbutrin SR asshole?!
And another 'm wellbutrin SR multi. Nadezhda Mesherskaya, wellbutrin SR the 'Money' magazine, a wellbutrin SR reporter.
Windows-Home is sil wellbutrin SR lent, it means that the card is wellbutrin SR s 'clean' - it's really just
a wellbutrin SR a card, without any hidden surp wellbutrin SR prises. I put it in my pocket a wellbutrin SR and nod:
- Thanks.
wellbutrin SR Sorry, it'll be no return c wellbutrin SR courtesy, but it doesn't look wellbutrin SR like Nadya
expects it.
wellbutrin SR - This deep is a strange thi wellbutrin SR ing, - she says sipping her wi wellbutrin SR ine, - I'm in
Moscow for insta wellbutrin SR ance, you are in Samara somewhe wellbutrin SR ere, that boy - in Penza...
wellbutrin SR 'That boy', looking labloid wellbutrin SR d publishes an article
about wellbutrin SR t their adventures in the drawn wellbutrin SR n world?
- And what's so wellbutrin SR bad?
- For you - nothing wellbutrin SR g. The ordinary person will lau wellbutrin SR ugh. But solid people
like l wellbutrin SR little-little when they are lau wellbutrin SR ughed at.
- Can you cut h wellbutrin SR him off manually?
- How?
wellbutrin SR
How, really? zyban Even if the wellbutrin SR ey trace the line using which t wellbutrin SR the player entered
the Labyrin wellbutrin SR nth and cut off the connection wellbutrin SR n, nothing will change. The p wellbutrin SR person
would just be hung in wellbutrin SR the void or the world around h wellbutrin SR him would freeime in my life wellbutrin SR I can
see the real diver.
wellbutrin SR One-zero... not in my favor wellbutrin SR r.
- Well, for the first wellbutrin SR time in my life I can see the wellbutrin SR real billionaire.
- So y wellbutrin SR you see, our meeting is fruitfu wellbutrin SR ul already.
Windows-Home wellbutrin SR whispers,
- The second r wellbutrin SR router was traced...
Urma wellbutrin SR an frowns - looks like he's i wellbutrin SR informed about something too wellbutrin SR o. Then
inquires:
- Exc wellbutrin SR cuse me, how many servers did y wellbutrin SR you pass through to come here?
wellbutrin SR
- Unfortunately, I don't wellbutrin SR t remember.
Urman shrugs. wellbutrin SR .
nt.
- Pour me some b wellbutrin SR beer, - sighed Maniac.
1000
wellbutrin SR
I was at Maniac's wellbutrin SR place until late night, 'Guin wellbutrin SR nness' was followed by
'Baltic wellbutrin SR c #6', and for the dessert Shu wellbutrin SR urka dug out the Christmas 'Kro wellbutrin SR onenburg'.
Neither Irish nor P wellbutrin SR Petersburg nor French beer fail wellbutrin SR led.
In the depth of my soul I was glad that I had opened to somebody. My
hacker friends are divided into two groups: the first one keeps secrets
until after the first bottle of beer, the other one kinda forgets Sergey 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 zero nicotine 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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