Yes, possibly. You're talking about the book right?
No, I believe it would be considered Science-Fiction
The opposite of science fiction is typically considered to be realism or non-fiction. Science fiction often involves speculative elements and futuristic technology, while realism focuses on portraying events and experiences as they could occur in the real world.
The book Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry is an interesting book because it isn't like other science fiction books. This book would be considered a science fiction novel because it has some unrealistic characters and events
The Lottery would fall in that broad grey area that separates Science Fiction from regular fiction.It all comes down to how you define science fiction:Hard science fiction: Inclusion of the physical sciences: physics, chemistry, biology, nuclear science, astrophysics etc. In this case The Lottery would not be science fiction.Soft science fiction: Exploitation of the humanities: sociology, anthropology, Law, etc. In this case The Lottery could be considered Science Fiction.Interpolation and extrapolation. In this case The Lottery could be science fiction if it were constrained to the realm of soft science fiction."What If" Easily science fiction as no great 'forgiveness' for scientific deviations are made in this story."Utopia / Dystopia" Yes easily science fiction."Gadgetry Science Fiction" no.Science Fiction is that body of work to which we point when referencing the genera. I'm sure that there are many people who would be willing to include the Lottery as science fiction.
No, you would call it fantasy, not science fiction.
I would say FICTION.
Some would say that science fiction excludes fantasy but Arthur C. Clarke said, "Any significantly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Science fiction authors have mixed science fiction with all other forms of literature. There are science fiction lyrics to songs, science fiction poetry, science fiction mixed with humor, science fiction mixed with westerns, science fiction mixed with romance.
The many definitions of Science Fiction allow for broad inclusions however any 'good' science fiction would include interpolations and extrapolations on reality.
The opposite of Science Fiction would be science fact.
Most likely Science Fiction, because of the concept of the vampire.
A real forest is science non fiction. If something is written about trees becoming sentient and interacting with people, that would be science fiction.
The science fiction genre is classified by having a fiction mixed with plausible categories. For instance, futuristic novels and alien take-over books would be science fiction.