A hypertext is a postmodern style of writing which involves the linking of various parts of text to each other through links. The most rudamentary example of this is the make-you-own adventure series of books.
How did you learn about hypertext?
In a class at Syracuse University called "Post-modern Reading". In the class we also covered authors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, Georges Perec, and the OULIPO group.
This first text that I have written is more like the make-your-own adventure series, but I hope to write a more complex, true hypertext in the future. If you'd like some good examples of hypertext there are links below and on my links page.
Reagan's Library - it is highly recomended to read the introduction first, this hypertext does a good job of integrating images into the experience
253 - a more concrete secenario involving the London underground and a crash