Claim: Harry Potter is fiction.

Fantasy literature is set in an imaginary universe , often but not always without any locations , events , or people from the real world . Magic , the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds .   Fantasy is a subgenre of speculative fiction and is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the absence of scientific or macabre themes , respectively , though these genres overlap . Historically , most works of fantasy were written , however , since the 1960s , a growing segment of the fantasy genre has taken the form of films , television programs , graphic novels , video games , music and art .   A numbering of fantasy novels originally written for children , such as Alice in Wonderland , and the Hobbit also attract an adult audience .