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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.

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