This is Poe in a new light; it is completely enchanting, terribly clever, and markably humorous. If I didn't know better, I might have suspected this was Mark Twain.

We all know the story of Scheherazade. She is meant to live happily ever after, after having completed her Thousand and One Tales, but Poe has found in the "Isitsoornot" that there was indeed a Thousand and Second Tale and her fate may not have been as happy as supposed.

What ensues is a rollicking good time while Scheherazade spins a tale of Sinbad's adventures that she failed to tell in her original narration. The story is a giant riddle, as every wonder described by Sinbad is true.

It is one of the lighter things I have ever read by Poe. Perspective is everything. ( )