Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CMuslim_academic_claims_Israel_used_jinn_to?= =?UTF-8?Q?_take_out_Hezbollah=E2=80=99s_chieftain=E2=80=9D?= Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 18:30:36 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 03:30:34 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d56be4b59f26643dbae4718c7bb8dcd7"; logging-data="4150090"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/k2jjjNJZTBmM5SVuIlIoZ" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:Zc5eWkwhZpVL4nnWf71RKWZqjYs= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US On 10/3/2024 12:53 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote: > On 10/3/2024 9:41 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote: >> On 10/2/2024 10:07 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote: >>> “Muslim academic claims Israel used jinn to take out Hezbollah’s >>> chieftain” >>> >>> https://www.wnd.com/2024/10/muslim-academic-claims-israel-used-jinn- >>> to- take-out-hezbollahs-chieftain/ >>> >>> “’Considering the Zionists’ history of subjugating genies, they carry >>> out many of their missions through this means’” >>> >>> Yes ! Although, all the stories that I have read of jinns did not go >>> well for the caller of the jinn. >>> >>> Are there any good SF/F stories involving jinns ? >> >> Perhaps Robert Aspirin's "MythAdventures" series. >> >> I've read plenty of shorts where people try (and sometimes >> succeed) to use 'three wishes' safely. >> >> pt > > I have read those same short stories.  They always go bad for the > wisher.  My favorite is that the wisher becomes the jinn and it tied to > the bottle / artifact. > The Twilight Zone version had the wisher wishing to become the wish giver. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.