In January, the io9 book club read Gun Machine, comic book writer Warren Ellis' second novel. On Monday, February 11, Ellis will be joining us to answer any of your questions about the book. He may be willing to talk about his other work, too, but let's try to stay focused on Gun Machine.

Welcome to the monthly meeting of the io9 Book Club. In January, we read Gun Machine, the second novel from comic book writer Warren Ellis. Jump into comments to get started talking about it!

Famed comic book writer Warren Ellis has just published his second novel, Gun Machine, a noir detective tale set five minutes into the future, when private security companies are on the cusp of taking over police departments and mobile phones have become bendy pieces of plastic. A serial killer is on the loose in…

The io9 Book Club meets every month to discuss a book, and then the author usually joins us for a chat. This month, we're reading Warren Ellis' Gun Machine. We'll meet February 5, 2013 to discuss it. Watch for a post that day announcing the book club, and jump into comments for discussion. There's still time to read…

We already showed you the moody, intense first trailer for Warren Ellis' new novel Gun Machine, with narration by Wil Wheaton and art by Ben Templesmith. Now check out a crazier, possibly creepier trailer directed by Siege, aka Clayton Cubitt.

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Warren Ellis has released one exceptionally intense trailer for his latest book, Gun Machine, narrated by Wil Wheaton and illustrated by Ben Templesmith. Admittedly, we could watch an entire movie made out of Templesmith's scribbles and Warren's words. Check it out:

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