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- God knows... - I answer examining the statue, - I was warned about
the bridge...
- What are you gonna steal?
- Ripe apples...
- Oh, so this is the reason for all this masquerade... - snickers the
wolf again, - And what is inside the apples? {here is a reference to the
Russ a wry face, wipes his lips and returns the glass. Maybe he's alcoholic in reality?
I Dunn.
We hide from each other not less than from our enemies. We're too
valuable merchandise: a depth fish, freaks shimmering with a magic glow, any
shark dreams to try our taste...
- Did you manage to get the apple out? - asks Roman.
- It's fine, - I fling my jacket open and flop on the shirt's pocket, -
the trade article's in place.
The Werewolf relaxes a little.
nity.
What was Man Without Face counting on anyway? If "Labyrinth"'s divers
fail to get Unfortunate out in 24 hours it means it's impossible at all...
Guillermo is silent watching me.
- Can I get level maps at least? - I ask, - Complete ones?
- No. There's no complete maps in existence. "Labyrinth" changes
constantly and on its own. This is not a movie, not a book after all
Gunslinger. This is the whole world, the miracle world! The miracle can't be
slazily,
holding the pretty sinister looking device in his hands. The Baltic guy
notices him and starts chattering
really fast: - ... hard drives: 'Quantum Lighting', 'Western Digital'...
- Not on topic! - the moderator says lazily but with suppressed rage
and shoulders his weapon. The audience goes quiet enjoying the show.
The barrel recoils and the brightly shining red cross-like object flies
towards the merchant with a shrilling whistle. The Baltic tries to duck but
idening. Some
guards run into it and 'drown', disappear without a trace. Others stop on
the bank helplessly. All comm channels are blocked completely in this area
of virtuality. It'll be impossible to pass here for at least two more hours,
then the lake will dry.
- Where have you got these thingies? - asks the wolf.
- From Maria The Skillful, - I answer after a second of hesitation.
Honestly, it was that nickname that gave me an idea of today's masquerade.
The wolf wo
make one blow and...
- The channel will be destroyed.
Oh sure. Not for nothing does the monster hold the bridge in his hand.
If the security program is destroyed - the hair above the chasm would break.
- Fuck.
- I can't understand...
- Shut up....
I examine the monster. The stone eyelids half closed, little drool
stalactite hangs from its mouth. Just a fake, entourage for nervous
virtuality people. Just an ordinary security program on theSergey 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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