The Comet Doom

Hamilton, Edmond. "The Comet Doom." Amazing, 1928.

Very early cyborg story with "aliens who have adopted mechanical bodies" and "an Earthman, similarly epuipped" (S. F. Ency., "Cyborgs": source of citation and quote).

John J. Pierce puts the story in context: "aliens have mated organic brains with robot bodies – an idea taken up by Neil R. Jones in his Professor Jameson series, beginning with 'The Jameson Satellite' (1931). While Jones’ series had an acknowledged influence on Isaac Asimov’s treatment of robots in science fiction,[1] it can also be seen as the ancestor of such works as Anne McCaffrey’s The Ship Who Sang (1969) and its sequels, in which human brains are functioning parts of starships."

RDE, Initial Compiler, with thanks to JJP, update 29June20