premise: The Hunger Games' genre is not dystopian science fiction.
hypothesis: The Hunger Games is a trilogy of young adult dystopian novels written by American novelist Suzanne Collins . The Hunger Games is a 2012 American dystopian science fiction adventure film directed by Gary Ross and based on the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins . The story takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future in the nation of Panem , where boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 18 must take part in the Hunger Games , a televised annual event in which the `` tributes '' are required to fight to the death until there is only one survivor .