A hypertext is the continuing and unconclude meaning of its hypotext. A hypertext is the future of meaning of its
hypotext. The meaning of a hypotext is incomplete without the hypertext that it generates. A hypertext and its hypotext
are a sign of the past and the present as a unity of meaning. A hypertext is proof that the past is endless. Intertextuality is
a sublime "conversation of time" with a distinct hint of immortality. Texts are not immortal.
Other modes of connections between texts are pastiche, parody, sequel, prequel and retelling. Example of a
sequel is Scarlett (1991) by Alexandra Ripley [sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind]; example of a prequel is
The Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) by Jane Rhys [prequel to Jane Eyre]; example of retelling is plays (of the past-like
Shakespeare). Unlike hypertextuality in which the present is a continuation of the past, retelling adaptation occurs out of
the feeling that the present is different from the past