the story was the inspiration for raymond smullyan's puzzle book by the same title, "the lady, or the tiger?". the first set of logic puzzles in the book had a similar scenario to the short story in which a king gives each prisoner a choice between a number of doors; behind each one was either a lady or a tiger. however, the king bases the prisoner's fate on intelligence and not luck by posting a statement on each door that can be true or false.