585. B. Ph LAB IV 47. Extempore

47. Extempore

"Extempore" (alternate title "The Beach Where Time Began") is a science fiction short story written by Damon Knight. It first appeared in the August 1956 issue of Infinity Science Fiction and has been reprinted twice, in Far Out (1961) and The Best of Damon Knight (1976).

Synopsis

Albert Rossi, a New York dishwasher, learns to travel through time. Once started, he continues at an accelerated pace, continuing until the end of time and then starting over. By an effort of will he manages to stop at a "scarlet beach with its golden laughing people". But he is now frozen in time forever and appears to the beachcombers as a rock-hard, immobile statue.

Background

Here is another of my time stories, put together out of bits and pieces of Far Rockaway, Milne, Einstein, etc. (I don't see why the speculations of modern physicists shouldn't be used as incantations.) I don't think "Extempore" is terribly probable, but see for yourself.

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ad-lib cuff extemporal extemporaneous extemporaneously Extemporarily extemporary Extemporiness extemporisation Extemporization extemporize Extemporizer Impetuousness impromptu Improvisate improvisation improvised off-the-cuff offhand			This lonely spot, once used for an extempore burying-place, after a sanguinary BATTUE between the French and Austrians, is the perfection of desolation; there is nothing in sight to mark the hand of man, except the line of weather-beaten whitened posts, set up to indicate the direction of the pass in the OWDAWAKK of winter. A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context Their singing is harsh and discordant; the songs are chiefly extempore, relating to passing circumstances, the persons present, or any trifling object that strikes the attention of the singer. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context Owing to these extempore measures, I not only gave my bride credit for certain perfections which have not as yet come to light, but also overlooked a few trifling defects, which, however, glimmered on my perception long before the close of the honeymoon.			exstipulate exstrophy Exsuccous Exsuction Exsudation Exsufflate Exsufflation Exsufflicate Exsuscitate Exsuscitation ext ext. Extacy Extance Extancy extant Extasy Extatic extd extemporal Extemporanean extemporaneous extemporaneously Extemporarily extemporary extempore Extemporiness extemporisation extemporise Extemporization extemporize Extemporizer extend extend oneself extend to extendable Extendant extended extended care extended care facility extended communications search extended family Extended letter extended order extended radical mastectomy extended time scale extended-play Extendedly extender Extendible Extendlessness			extemplo extemporal extemporal Extemporanean extemporaneity extemporaneity extemporaneity extemporaneous extemporaneous extemporaneous extemporaneous compounding extemporaneous mixture extemporaneous prescription extemporaneous prescription extemporaneous prescription extemporaneous prescription extemporaneous prescription extemporaneously extemporaneously extemporaneously extemporaneousness extemporaneousness extemporaneousness extemporarily extemporarily extemporariness extemporariness extemporary extemporary extemporary extempore Extemporiness extemporisation extemporise extemporised extemporises extemporising extemporization extemporize extemporized extemporizer extemporizes extemporizing EXTEN extend extend extend extend extend extend extend extend across Extend Broad-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase extend citizenship to an alien extend credit extend credit extend flip-flop extend in duration extend oneself extend or a company credit extend over

1. without planning or preparation; impromptu

Adv.

1.

extempore - without prior preparation; "he spoke extemporaneously" extemporaneously, extemporarily

ex·tem·po·re

Spoken, carried out, or composed with little or no preparation or forethought. See Synonyms at extemporaneous

adv.

In an extemporaneous manner.

Adj.

1.

extempore - with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments" ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed unprepared - without preparation; not prepared for; "unprepared remarks"; "the shock was unprepared"; "our treaty makers approached their immensely difficult problems unprepared"- R.E.Danielson