Onlinelassses.org has assembled a very interesting list of very early works of science fiction some dating all the way back to the 5th century. A few like Frankenstein, and The Time MAchine are quite well known, but a few are so obscure and ancient that I am sure you will find something interesting and exciting! The complete list is below and the list with descriptive narrative is available at the above link.
Ramayana, (5th to 4th Century BCE) attributed to ValmikiTrue History, (2nd Century) by Lucien
Urashima Taro, (8th Century) by Unknown
One Thousand and One Nights, 9th Century) by Various Writers
Taketori Monogatari, (10th Century) by Unknown
The Book of Fadil ibn Natiq, (1268-1277) by Ibn al-Nafis
Utopia, (1516) by Thomas More
Frankenstein , (1818) by Mary Shelley
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1869) by Jules Verne
The Time Machine (1895) by H.G. Wells
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