If you think of the top money making movies of all time, about 7 out of 10 are Science Fiction. Star Trek was not popular on its first run during the moon landing, but syndication made it one of the most successful TV shows of all time. With personal computers and the internet, science and science fiction has become more popular.
"Frankestein" is a Science Fiction novel,or gothic science 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.
Yes it is Science Fiction
Science Fiction! From the movie District 9.
it is a science fiction
Speculative Fictionor the more respectable branch of Science Fiction
The fact that it is set in space and it is made up.
The word "fiction" means "made up". Some or all of the science in the story may be real, but the story is made up.
RuroKen isn't really a science fiction, BUT... it was originally a manga made by Nobuhiro Watsuki, and then it was later made into a anime!
Science Fiction is a fiction based on science.
Some science fiction books are Dune by Frank Herbert, Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress, 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke, the Robot books by Isaac Asimov, and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
"Frankestein" is a Science Fiction novel,or gothic science 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.
Yes it is Science Fiction
Harry Potter is not exactly science fiction; it is fantasy.Harry Potter is not exactly science fiction; it is fantasy.Harry Potter is not exactly science fiction; it is fantasy.Harry Potter is not exactly science fiction; it is fantasy.
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.
yes it science fiction