The Frogstar system[1] is a star system containing three known planets.
Frogstar World A is a friendly planet, home of the Frogstar fighters which take Zaphod Beeblebrox to Frogstar World B.
Frogstar World B, infamous home of the Total Perspective Vortex, is a planet said to be "the most totally evil place in the galaxy".[2] Many years ago, Frogstar World B was "a thriving, happy planet - people, cities, shops, a normal world." However, there were slightly too many shoe shops on the high streets of the planet, and the number of shoe shops was steadily increasing. The more shoe shops there were, the more the shops had to make. The more they had to make, the worse and more unwearable the shoes became. And the worse and more unwearable the shoes became, the more the people had to buy, and the more money the shops made until it became economically impossible to build anything other than shoe shops. The result was collapse, ruin, and famine. Most of the population died out, but a select few with the right kind of genetic instability mutated into a bird-like species and cursed the ground, refusing to set foot on it ever again.
Frogstar World C is a beautiful planet home to great fishing opportunites and Gargravarr, the guardian of the Total Perspective Vortex.
Notes and references
- ↑ In the original radio series, the Frogstar system does not exist and the Total Perspective Vortex is said to be located on "The Frogstar". It is described in little detail, save that it is "very unpopular", and has been struck by several bombs. A travel brochure recommended the Frogstar for "sun, sand and suffering". The books later expanded the Frogstar into a full system with three known habitable planets.
- ↑ The description of Frogstar World B in the books is similar to Brontitall in the radio series