Rereading this book, which was written the year I was born, I've noticed so much that I didn't pick up on back a decade or so ago when I last read it. The biggest thing is that apparently in the 80s, homophobia was so ubiquitous that it was perfectly reasonable to assume that people would be violently homophobic even in the space future. Current sci-fi, even that by Bujold, assumes that society is broadly tolerant. The other thing that ages this book is the assumption that men who are nurtures are not fathers. Even in an all-male society, "alternate nurturers" stay home with the babies and fathers go to work. I'm happy to report, however, that the espionage and mayhem all hold up perfectly. Still a fun read, even though the homophobia was really quite jarring.