Half-Life
A novel by Francesco Poli
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"For richer or
for poorer, my faith in what I was doing, never faltered, was never tainted with visions
of failure and I am, committed, more than ever, to follow my dreams."
This
novel is dedicated to Derek Kevin Smart
See you
among the stars...
DISCLAIMER AND LIMITS OF USE
Reading this novel is subject to the following disclaimer. Read
it thoroughly!
This novel is based on the computer game Half-Life from Valve software (distributed by
Sierra On-Line, inc.). All intellectual property such as but not limited to names, places,
symbols related to the game Half-Life or to other authorized derivative works is copyright
Valve Software. This novel is not endorsed nor authorized by Valve Software; therefore,
they have no direct control on the contents of this novel nor on this novel at all, except
for their unquestionable power to forbid this novel to appear. If such a statement is made
by Valve Software this novel and everything related to it will be erased and never made
available to the public for no reasons whatsoever
[whatever isn't Valve's or someone else's is mine; also, to
Valve: don’t sue me! Please don’t sue me!]
Everything else over which neither Valve nor any other company or individual hold
demonstrable intellectual rights, is copyright MCMXCIX Francesco "Warzone" Poli
and may not be reproduced, in part or in whole, in any form but the original distributed
one as either an Adobe Portable Document Format (.PDF) file or HTML document without
direct, express and *written* consent from the author.
[don't copy and paste the contents of the PDF to another text file -
for the simple
reasons that not only that would bother me, but you'll lose all the formatting and the
result WILL suck; plus, don't convert the HTML to plain text for the same reasons!]
You are entitled to print this file on paper in how many copies you like, providing the
source is the unaltered PDF or HTML file as distributed by me, and the printed copy is
subject to the same limitations as the PDF or HTML file(s).
Furthermore, you may distribute the original file or the printed output provided it is in
its full entirety, unaltered from the original PDF or HTML and at absolutely no charge,
not even for covering the paper support expenses; the receiver declares himself bound to
the terms above not to misuse or alter this novel.
[don't worry! you can print this, but you can't sell it by
absolutely no means; yes, selling the support IS selling what's on it, and since this is
unauthorized derivative work it is illegal. And since this hasn't been done by you, it
would bother me to no end. Clear?]
You may also distribute, and are in fact encouraged to do so, the original PDF or HTML
file(s) provided that it is in its full entirety and unaltered from the original version
as distributed by me.
If you wish to mirror these files on a website, though, you must first ask written
permission by the author, unless the author himself asks you to mirror the file on the
website, in which case the concession is left to your judgment.
[unless you're a proven lamer, and usually you aren't, you'll
get the permission; but this limit is derived only from the need to ensure that you and
your site get credited for hosting it, and a link to the site will be added to the links
section]
If gaming magazines wish to host this story on their cover CD-ROM, they must ask for
written permission, and they must send me one unaltered copy of the issue containing the
file.
[don't think any magazine will put up this thing, but just in case
someone gets bad ideas...]
If you agree to be bound to the
above disclaimer, you may proceed to the chapter index.
Chapter index