Do futuristic books count as fantasy?

[Mountainman91]

Some works that deal with the world in the future are not high-tech sci-fi, or necessarily magical fantasies, but just exciting 'what -if's?' now, the question I want to put to y'all is: Are these works fantasy? What constitutes fantasy? do the characters have to be in another world, or in the Dark ages? do there have to be dungeons and dragons? please comment.

[Taylor]

I think that it basically means that any story that is "fantastic" according to the Old English translation. "Fantastic" translates modernly into any story that has some things which are amazing, creative, or generally get an "ooh" or "wow" or "cool" out of an audience. The boundaries to the "fantastic" world are only subject to the limits of your imagination and creativity. That would include things which haven't happened yet, such as inter-planetary travel.

[Breezy]

Agreed. I couldn't put it better. I don't think dungeons or dragons have to be in a story to make it Fantasy; however, both of those particulars add a certain element of excitement. I looked up the definition online, and Wikipedia said, "Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three (collectively known as speculative fiction)."
So, yes, Fantasy can have technology in it. It's general genre, however, involves magical powers, beings, and places.

[[deleted user]]

So for intstance, Artemis Fowl, which contains a great deal of technology, would still be considered fantasy because of story elements such as the fairies belowground, magic, and space/time travel. (?)

[Breezy]

I would consider it fantasy, yes.