What themes did John Steinbeck explore in his novels?

Imagine being forced to live, after death, as incorporeal bodies trapped in a vast space of nothingness for thousands of years, with nothing to do but exchanging past memories with other cohabitants (read: weirdos). Everybody wanted out, but there was no way to leave the Void... Until one day, a young man was finally summoned, as a powerful but reluctant mentor, by a bubbly and motivated but completely naive young girl. Baiyi, finally out of the Void, was the only one who could save all of the other 32 souls from their prison and his summoner might just be The Key to their freedom. However, Baiyi had to use the techniques and abilities the other souls had taught him throughout the years, and together with his own extensive knowledge of anime and game tropes from his shady and dangerous past as an otaku, to face the biggest challenge of them all: training the clumsy young girl he was forced to partner up with… into a competent sorcerer!

We all know how cultivation novels are, starting from nothing and by the end of the novel, he becomes god. But what if the Main Character becomes god by the end of the first volume? then add the fact that he got multiverse travelling powers? and most of all he is Otaku who 'tries' living normal life and fulfilling his Otaku dreams? A 'Wish Fulfilment' type of story, when a normal Otaku type of guy gets the power to travel the multiverse! Cover Art Created by ZeroExperience20

English is not my first language so please take care of me and if you find mistakes in it tell me I fix it as soon as possible. Max Winchester died due to an "accident" while reading the novel after his death he meet God who allowed him to travel through and do whatever he think best but on condition to make Protagonist's life miserable. He also gives him the strongest system [Netori system] that help him steal Protagonists Woman, Chances, Luck, etc Why does God want to make that Protagonist's life miserable? And why [Netori system] given to the max let's find out. (English will get better after chapter 38.) I don't own a book cover, I find it online, If creator wants me to change it just message me, I will remove it.

Endless sky and infinite space, the cosmos isn’t some paradise waiting to be found, it is full of darkness and danger, death and terror of the great unknown. However, for that glittering swath of blue, we have no fear! For the longevity of men, we have no regrets! Nothing shall stand in our way because it is finally our time, our age! The age of cosmos exploration!

This story takes place in the world of "The Walking Dead". In this story we follow the journey of John Adler through the world of the walking dead. John meets God and receives 3 wishes from him in order to survive. He also gets to choose his appearance in that world. This story will have a harem. I admit the harem won't make much sense, but what harem fanfics ever make sense. You have my word that I will do my best to make it just barely tolerable. This story will be updated frequently because I am currently on break. I don't know if I will do it daily but definitely expect more. This story will contain R-18 Scenes, but the chapters will be marked R-18, for any of the readers who do not like these scenes.

Most of the chapters are about 2000 words A boy reincarnating in To love Ru with a System, but here comes the problem he was not ready and made a mistake in making his wishes that he kinda regrets for days. Now finding himself in a world where aliens can be anywhere from being weak as an insect to being too powerful that can blast planets, how will he survive. The story will start horrible since I am new to writing but I think it improve on the later chapters. P.S the name of the OC is kinda unique and kinda funny but if you search, it kinda had a good history. All the characters except my Ocs are not mine, they belong to their respective owners. I also don't own the Profile cover. This is my first try at making fanfic so please don't complain if I made a mistake as I will just try to fix it. I don't even get even one penny on this it's totally free