The Monster and Lie Algebras

Part 1 The Monster: vertex operators in algebraic topology, A. Baker; the radical of a vertex operator algebra, Ch. Dong et al; associative subalgebras of the Griess algebra and related topics, Ch. Dong et al; a vertex operator algebra related to E8 with automorphism group O+(10,2), R.L. Griess Jr.; modular forms associated with the Monster module, K. Harada, M.L. Lang; quilts, the 3-string braid group, and braid actions on finite groups - an introduction, T. Hsu; the moonshine VOA and a tensor product of Ising models, M. Miyamoto; netting the Monster, S.P. Norton; Monster roots, Ch. S. Simons. Part 2 Lie algebras: on graded Lie algebras of characteristic three with classical reductive null component, G. Benkart et al; Auslander-Reiten theory for restricted Lie algebras, R. Farnsteiner; chief factors and the principals block of a restricted Lie algebra, J. Feldvoss; on Drinfeld realization of quantum affine algebras, N. Jing; free Lie superalgebras and the generalized Witt formula, S-J. Kang; a generalization of the Jordan approach to symmetric Riemannian spaces, I.L. Kantor; representation theory of Lie algebras of Cartan type, D.K. Nakano.