Pluram

Pluram is a fictional planet featured in the science fiction novel "Children of Time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky. The planet is home to a species of intelligent, sapient spiders. These spiders have evolved a complex society and culture on Pluram, developing their own technology and language. The novel explores their evolutionary journey and their eventual encounter with humanity. Pluram itself is depicted as a diverse world with varied ecosystems supporting the spider civilization. The planet's environment plays a crucial role in the spiders' development and their unique biological adaptations. Over millennia, the spiders of Pluram have achieved a level of technological advancement that allows them to eventually interact with and challenge the arriving human explorers from Earth. The narrative of "Children of Time" centers on the conflict and eventual coexistence between the humans and the evolved inhabitants of Pluram, highlighting themes of evolution, intelligence, and interspecies relations.