I have not read that many Sci-Fi books, either. As much as I would like to, work, video games, comics, fan art and sleep take a lot of my time.
Bragatyr wrote:I would be very cool with that, I'm a believer in the author's right to evolve and see things differently, and the idea of a strict canon bothers me.
Then you might like Leiji Matsumoto's work. Each one is set in a slightly different universe, sometimes acknowledging things that happened in other series, but sometimes with different versions or ommiting things like character meetings and deaths.
So far, I have only seen Queen of a 1000 years (awesome series) and Harlock Saga. I hope to one day watch the rest of his work.