 There are several books in the container that shelters Khans  followers on Ceti Alpha V. Two of the titles are "Moby Dick" and  "King Lear", and a lot of Khans lines are directly taken from those  books. In particular, the final monologue of Khan is identical to  the last words of Captain Ahab from Melvilles book. Other titles  visible are "The Inferno" by Dante, an anthology of "Paradise Lost"  and Paradise Regained" by Milton, a single copy of "Paradise Lost,"  the Holy Bible, and one where the title is partially obscured called  "Statute Regulating ... Commerce".