Image: The Sixth Extinction cover, via Macmillan ( source ) My initial goal for a review of The Sixth Extinction was an interview with the author, Elizabeth Kolbert. I interviewed Melissa Harrison about her book, Clay , and readers of this blog enjoyed it very much. The questions I would have asked of Elizabeth Kolbert were: (1) How did you decide on the book's title? (2) How did you prepare for the various research trips you undertook? (3) Did you purposefully select species and places or were the trips fortuitous? (4) Did you purchase carbon offsets for your travel? (5) What inspired the structure of the book? The alternate approach was a conventional review. To prepare, I read reviews published in the New York Times (written by Al Gore!), the Boston Globe, the Seattle Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Guardian, and the Wall Street Journal. Most of these reviews were favorable and made similar observations about the book. Elizabeth Kolbert provides a fascinating o