In the novel the machine works a bit differently than in the film. It doesn't copy a person exactly as they are, memories and personality intact, 50 to 100 feet away from the device's location. Instead it does in fact transport the essence of the person into a newly created body leaving behind a seemingly dead husk. These dead husks are what Angier refers to as his "Prestige materials" in the novel.

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