Henry Cavill, protagonist of the series The Witcher, has shown in a recent interview that he is an expert in fantastic and science fiction literature. In fact, when a BBC journalist asks him for any book recommendations, Cavill doesn't think twice and gives a master class with must-have titles. We tell you what they are.
Henry Cavill has shown on many occasions that he is one of ours. Taller, more handsome, stronger and, above all, much richer and more famous, but one of our own, a geek from head to toe.
The Internet has already blown up in that viral video where he was mounting his computer equipment Gaming and, in many interviews, he has consistently shown that It is a true nerd when it comes to science fiction, fantasy and games.
In one of the last conversations with a BBC journalist, to promote the second season of The Witcher on Netflix, this asks Cavill for any sci-fi and fantasy book recommendations to viewers.
Which almost always produces a generic response with some sounding name (Tolkien, obviously) becomes, in this case, a masterclass of literature where he not only makes exceptional recommendations, but explains the reasons for each one like the expert that he is.
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Henry Cavill's Fantasy Book Recommendations
The first thing that responds, automatically, is that let's read "anything written by Raymond E. Heist".
Creator of some of the best fantasy sagas (Serpentwar, Darkwar, Chaoswar…), the prolific North American author is recommended by Cavill because he has created a tremendously massive world, with all sorts of interconnected stories, with which we will have for years of reading, according to the actor.
The next is any work by David Gemmel, in which Cavill elaborates detailing that there are some worlds interconnected, but more separated. Of course, he refers to that it's already a classic, with awards that bear his name.
And of course, anything written by Brandon Sanderson, probably one of the names that sounds the most today in fantastic literature.
His series of The archive of storms and, of him as an author, highlights his brilliant job of creating a very original world with its own rules, without following the Tolkien-style template, which is already too hackneyed in fantasy literature.
In addition, Cavill delves into the fact that these are high-quality books that also convey an excellent message without the need to pontificate, as happens with some works that try to do that.
Interestingly, Sanderson also participates in the saga The wheel of time, which he co-writes in its last volumes with its original author, Robert Jordan. That is the fourth of the recommendations of our geek Favourite.
Interestingly, The wheel of time has recently become a series and is the direct competition of The Witcher on Amazon Prime Video. But it is that Henry Cavill is magnanimous even in that. A pity that, in the end, science fiction recommendations have not made any, because we have been left with the desire.