What I wan to know is why Tony called the author two years after Kubrick's death... That has to be an interesting story in itself. Edit: The answer is in the

What I wan to know is why Tony called the author two years after Kubrick's death... That has to be an interesting story in itself. Edit: The answer is in the documentary Kubrick's Boxes (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7615310 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7615310). It appears that Tony (Kubrick's assistant) was reading a book by the author and remembered his request for the tape and gave him a call.