Creatures of their time: Shirley Jackson and John Campbell

I recently read two excellent biographies of literary figures: “Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life,” by Ruth Franklin, “Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction,” by Alec Nevala-Lee. Franklin’s is a traditional literary biography, going through Jackson’s life in fine detail and focusing …