Seeking a children's book?

July 29, 2011 12:14 PM

Anyone remember a kids' book about a boy with a magic copy machine that will copy anything (objects) and has an infinity symbol button?
posted by jfwlucy to Media & Arts (8 answers total)

I don't know about a children's book but I swear there was an episode of The Fairly Odd Parents that had this.
posted by royalsong at 12:47 PM on July 29, 2011 [1 favorite]

The answer to "what was this freaky young-adult SF book?" is almost always a William Sleator book, and I'm pretty sure this is his novel The Duplicate.
posted by escabeche at 1:08 PM on July 29, 2011

Is it Tintin and the Lake of Sharks?
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:23 PM on July 29, 2011

Yes! And he started by copying a fish and eventually duplicated himself.
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 1:31 PM on July 29, 2011

It isn't Tintin.
posted by procrastination at 3:13 PM on July 29, 2011

The Duplicate may not be it, but that book is crazy as shit and you should read it regardless.
posted by soma lkzx at 4:41 PM on July 29, 2011

Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets? I'm away from my son's Pilkey collection so I can't do all the necessary checks.
posted by firstdrop at 7:46 PM on July 29, 2011

The copy machine in The Duplicate can only duplicate living things, and I don't think it has an infinity button, so it's probably not the book you're thinking of; but it is indeed worth reading.
posted by ManyLeggedCreature at 12:42 PM on July 30, 2011