Utopian Science Fiction from Quebec, from National Allegories to Cultural Accommodation: Joël Champetier's RESET—Le Voile de lumière (2011)

This article surveys utopian science fiction from Quebec with an analysis of a contemporary novel, drawing on national allegory and imperialism. The literature is significantly concerned with domestic amelioration rather than foreign domination, notably through historical revision and idealized social organization. In Joël Champetier's 2011 novel RESET—Le Voile de lumière, characters in a Quebec village have suffered amnesia via bedazzling …