My two favorite SF series are The Expanse and The Three Body Problem. Both fit your FTL desire (the former a bit more directly)

Do you have a specific problem with inversion? I find it so much better.

For one cup:

16g beans, medium grind. Set water to 212F in kettle.

Invert aeropress, plunger to level 4. Add ground beans.

Add twice the bean weight in water, wait 30 seconds for bloom.

Add more water until total water weight is 200g. Wait until timer hits 2min (including bloom)

Flip the aeropress back over onto a cup. Depress the plunger over the course of around 30sec (should be empty at 2:30 mark on timer).

Often I’ll add a splash of hot water to the cup at that point for a bit of dilution.