132 ratings | 41 reviews | avg rating:4.19

more photos (1)

Cary Neeper’s Followers (33)

Cary’s Bookshelves

to-read (63)
currently-reading (0)
read (138)
did-not-finish (0)

Cary’s Friends (344)

Victoria Limbert

2,436 books | 2,920 friends

gemsbooknook Geramie Kate Barker

1,402 books | 108 friends

Brenda Knight

130,053 books | 627 friends

Katie Harder-schauer

211,052 books | 818 friends

J.L.

1,182 books | 2,617 friends

Donna Everhart

441 books | 893 friends

Shomeret

5,397 books | 227 friends

Shellie Blum

120 books | 5,355 friends

More friends…

Cary Neeper

Goodreads Author

Born

in Oakland, California, The United States

Website

http://archivesofvarok.com

Twitter

CaryNeeper

Genre

Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult

Influences

Lewis Carroll, L.Frank Baum, Complexity studies, recent nonfiction rev ...more

Member Since

August 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/cary_neeper

edit data

Current Blogs
---Book reviews of critical nonfiction appear on my Goodreads blog--re many issues now critical to today's threats and choices.
--Following new information re astrobiology:
https://astronaut.com/whos-star-chips...
--Exploring work on animal sentience in our animal friends' stories and current books--How The Hen House Turns at the Los Alamos Daily Post (http://ladailypost.com) monthly.

As the author of the Archives of Varok series--set in an alternate 21st century solar system, populated with three or more intelligent (see log lines below)--my challenge has been to stay as realistic as possible in order to portray the frustrations, challenges and solutions of our current dilemmas here on Earth.

Meanwhile, the Kepler discoveries have ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Cary Neeper questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Cary Neeper’s books

Average rating: 3.92 · 60 ratings · 23 reviews · 9 distinct works

	A Place Beyond Man: The Archives of Varok 4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1975 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Webs of Varok (The Archives of Varok #2) 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Alien Effect (The Archives of Varok Book 3) 3.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Alien’s Quest (The Archives of Varok, #4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The View Beyond Earth (The Archives of Varok, #1) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1975 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Place Beyond Man really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Alien's Quest (The Archives of Varok Book 4) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Webs of Varok (The Archives of Varok) (Volume 2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unheard Song 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Cary Neeper…

150 posts
Cary Neeper's Blog: Reviewing World-changing Nonfiction

Uncommon Sense by Peter Seidel

"Uncommon Sense--Shortcomings of the Human Mind for Handling Big-Picture, Long-Term Challenges" by Peter Seidel, Steady State Press, Arlington, VA, 2020.

I received this book from CASSE, the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, . It focuses directly on the "root causes of our problems"--climate change, overcrowding of Earth with people, products, and pollutants, and biodiversity Read more of this blog post »

1 like · Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on December 07, 2020 09:56 • Tags: big-picture, overuse, saving-earth, solutions, steady-state

View all 150 posts »

Series by Cary Neeper

The Archives of Varok (2 books)
by

Cary Neeper (Goodreads Author)

4.02 avg rating — 41 ratings

The Archives of Varok (4 books)
by

Cary Neeper (Goodreads Author)

3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings

The Archives of Varok (2 books)
by

Cary Neeper (Goodreads Author)

3.54 avg rating — 26 ratings

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Goodreads Authors...: Another Opportunity for Authors	61	211	Oct 01, 2011 08:27AM
YA Book Club Not ...: New members!	129	207	Jul 28, 2012 06:36PM

Cary’s Quotes

“Auschwitz was a dark epiphany, providing us with a terrible vision of what life is like when all sense of the sacred is lost and the human being--whoever he or she may be--is no longer revered as an inviolable mystery.”
― Karen Armstrong, The Case for God

tags: history-of-thought, inspirational

13 likes

“Another principle that I believe can be justified by scientific evidence so far is that nobody is going to emigrate from this planet not ever....It will be far cheaper, and entail no risk to human life, to explore space with robots. The technology is already well along....the real thrill will be in learning in detail what is out there...It is an especially dangerous delusion if we see emigration into space as a solution to be taken when we have used up this planet....Earth, by the twenty-second century, can be turned, if we so wish, into a permanent paradise for human beings...”
― Edward O. Wilson, The social conquest of Earth

tags: emigration, future-of-man, robots, space-exploration, space-program, sustainability, technology

6 likes

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
― Calvin Coolidge

tags: attitude, attributed-no-source, determination, persistence

1241 likes

recent posts
Cary’s Groups

Writers and Readers — 3105 members — last activity Jun 25, 2026 01:52AM
A group for writers and readers to meet and discuss books and the writing process. The group allows promotion of books, but please post in the designa ...more

Goodreads Authors/Readers — 57161 members — last activity 1 hour, 14 min ago
This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more

Q&A with Cary Neeper — 4 members — last activity May 06, 2020 08:50PM
...November 28, 2011 to December 18, 2011...

Sci-Fi Romance — 1430 members — last activity Jul 15, 2026 05:32AM
Join to share recommendations and gab about your favorite scifi romance (or hinting at romance) titles! This genre doesn't get enough attention, but i ...more

Science Fiction Aficionados — 2600 members — last activity Jul 18, 2026 11:10AM
Welcome to Sci Fi Aficionados. We love all things science fiction, with an emphasis on the classics of the genre. Members are welcome to discuss all t ...more

Taming Amazon — 372 members — last activity Jun 01, 2026 01:56AM
A place for authors to share ideas and experiences about writing, promotion, and marketing.

YA Must-Reads — 1418 members — last activity Jul 11, 2026 07:56AM
Avid readers can post opinions and suggestions on YA books or occasionally adult books. Also for writers who want to post their stories! Join to find ...more

¡ POETRY ! — 22513 members — last activity Jul 17, 2026 05:50PM
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more

Q&A with Tower Lowe — 15 members — last activity Aug 12, 2012 10:26AM
...July 31, 2012 to August 30, 2012...

Modern Good Reads — 6817 members — last activity Jul 12, 2026 04:29PM
Modern Good Reads connects readers with books, authors, & challenges. We want to chat, inform, & provide events & discussions, a home for readers and ...more

More of Cary’s groups…