Tropes on tropes on tropes on tropes but far from lazy.
All tagged post-apocalypse
Out There by Adrien Stoutenburg
Do not be fooled by the raccoon.
Orbit 13 Edited by Damon Knight
An anthology of sixteen different authors, all of whom depressed me.
Pandora's Genes
If I had first read a bullet-point list of all the concepts in Pandora’s Genes, I would have responded with “Nope, nope, nope, I’m out!” However, I would’ve regretted missing out on this story.