A Couple of Recommendations

     Anybody truly concerned with science fiction, besides reading 'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelly, should really investigate the works of Edgar Allan Poe.  You'll be glad you did.

    

     Also, if you are into science fiction films, look at 'Flash Gordon' on youtube.  Both 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' was influenced by Flash Gordon.
     I plan to rewatch every Flash Gordon episode, and take pictures of things that were used in later films.
     An example is the text in perspective that Star Wars used forty years later.