The former aircraft engineer loves the genre so much, in particular Dune, that he decided to build a "stillsuit" worn by the characters in the book and film series.
In Dune, the characters wore the stillsuit in the open desert of the planet Arrakis, and it was designed to preserve the body’s moisture.
In reality, Mr Rogers’ stillsuit, which is made out of old clothes, rubber and other materials, did not quite achieve this aim.
"It’s really hot.
"I would struggle to stand still in it for two hours; you would be in a puddle of sweat."
The stillsuit was a labour of love for Mr Rogers, who was initially inspired to build it after seeing someone on YouTube put one together.
"Their design was correct at the front, but I wanted to do the whole thing.
"You always want it to look as real as possible — there’s an invisible zip on the other side that covers the torso.
"Having read the Dune books, and seen the movie, I just thought it would be really neat to have a stillsuit."
It took him more than 1000 hours to put it all together.
"I started on it straight after Dune, Part One came out at the cinemas, and there have been some obstacles along the way, particularly when it came to sourcing material."
This is not the only science fiction material Mr Rogers has brought to life; he has also constructed replica Star Wars Stormtrooper outfits, as well as imitation pulse rifles from the Alien film series.
"There’s engineering in everything I do. I was trained as a technician, where your job is to see a problem and then develop the solutions."
He built the mannequin to house the suit out of drainage pipe, and used cut-off jeans for the jodhpurs.
"There’s all sorts of little challenges — I had to shop to get the material for the gloves and the shoes.
"I like the small details, such as the buckle. It all looks the part, but there’s probably four or five layers in the chest area alone.
"I wanted it to be altogether."
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, Part One really captured Frank Herbert’s novel, Mr Rogers said, so he was looking forward to Dune, Part Two which was released in cinemas yesterday.
"The casting and set design for the first part were perfect. I thought Denis Villeneuve did a brilliant job."
"Frank Herbert was very interested in how governments come together and fall apart over history. I think the themes of Dune are pretty relevant."
Mr Rogers’ advice for anyone wanting to replicate his stillsuit was "have a long think about it".
"But it’s been very enjoyable."
