Yeah, I don't have any real objections to your points.
Counter-points - Miles is definitely not Peter. That provided a lot of the humor of ACC. ACC is a romp. It is definitely not the serious novel that GAUD is, despite the sporadic drama from dinner to Counts session.
IMHO, Dono did pretty well for Barrayar. Your points are quite valid, but when steps are too large, there is backlash.
My personal opinion: Ekaterin had a LOT of input on the number of children she's herding. That is not at all inconsistent with the thoughts Miles has. No textev, of course - I base that on previous time spent with Ekaterin. And if Ekaterin felt she was being pressured (by whom? Miles? personally doubt it, but not unthinkable. Alys? She's only got one, herself. Although valid reason therefor. Cordelia would certainly be formidable support against anyone, should Ekaterin choose to enlist her.)
But, yes, the corpus peaked at Mirror Dance and Memory. Later works have been friendly visits - and I love them - but less. I doubt that anyone wants to put the Vorkosigans through what would be necessary to reach those heights again. :-/ I await the fourth and fifth Gods books for such attempts, but we'll see.
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Counter-points - Miles is definitely not Peter. That provided a lot of the humor of ACC. ACC is a romp. It is definitely not the serious novel that GAUD is, despite the sporadic drama from dinner to Counts session.
IMHO, Dono did pretty well for Barrayar. Your points are quite valid, but when steps are too large, there is backlash.
My personal opinion: Ekaterin had a LOT of input on the number of children she's herding. That is not at all inconsistent with the thoughts Miles has. No textev, of course - I base that on previous time spent with Ekaterin. And if Ekaterin felt she was being pressured (by whom? Miles? personally doubt it, but not unthinkable. Alys? She's only got one, herself. Although valid reason therefor. Cordelia would certainly be formidable support against anyone, should Ekaterin choose to enlist her.)
But, yes, the corpus peaked at Mirror Dance and Memory. Later works have been friendly visits - and I love them - but less. I doubt that anyone wants to put the Vorkosigans through what would be necessary to reach those heights again. :-/ I await the fourth and fifth Gods books for such attempts, but we'll see.